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Contracts and business

Your French VAT Number Is Still Inactive After You Got the Kbis: How a Foreign Founder Activates It, Invoices Legally and Reclaims VAT From Abroad

Kbis in hand but no working French VAT number? A foreign founder's guide to activating the number, invoicing lawfully while waiting, reclaiming input VAT and contesting SIE decisions from ab …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Uses a Freelancer While You Live Abroad: URSSAF Requalification, Back Pay Bill and How to Contest

Foreign founder using a freelancer in France? Learn how courts prove subordination, what the URSSAF bill contains and how to contest from abroad.

Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France While You Live Abroad: Contract, DPAE, Trial Period, Pay Slip and How to Contest a Dispute

You run a French company from abroad and need a first employee on the ground. This guide covers the DPAE filing, the written contract, the trial period, pay slips and how to contest a disput …

Contracts and business

You Must Part With Your French Employee While You Run the Company From Abroad: Dismissal Procedure, Severance Cost, Settlement Approval and How to Answer a Labour Court Claim

Ending a French employment contract from abroad: dismissal procedure, severance cost, state-approved settlement and defending a Paris labour court claim.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Made No Profit in Year One and You Live Abroad: Loss Carryforward, Instalment Relief and the First Corporate Tax Return

First French financial year ends in the red and you live abroad? What you must still file, how your loss cuts future tax, and how to modulate instalments and recover overpayments.

Contracts and business

Your French Employee Has Been Declared Unfit and You Live Abroad: Reclassification, Dismissal and the One-Month Clock

Your French employee has been declared unfit for work and you manage from abroad. This guide explains the reclassification search, the fifteen-day challenge window, the one-month salary cloc …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Wants to Hire a Non-EU Worker While You Live Abroad: Work Permit, Salary Floor, Employer Tax and How to Fight a Refusal

Foreign founder guide: which non-EU hires need a French work authorization, how the employer applies via ANEF, salary floor, OFII tax, sanctions and refusal remedies.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing and You Live Abroad: Deadlines, Compliant Invoices and How to Contest Penalties

Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive electronic invoices. A practical English guide for foreign owners: size-based issuing calendar, compliant invoice mentions, platform …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed Its Annual Accounts Filing Deadline and You Live Abroad: Greffe Filing, Court Orders and How to Catch Up From Abroad

WITHDRAWN DUPLICATE — superseded by 2026-09-13 injunction-regularise and 2026-09-15 depot-penalty-fix coverage; kept as draft, do not publish.

Contracts and business

You Own a French Company and Live Abroad: Paying Yourself by Salary or Dividends, Withholding Tax and How to Contest the Bill

Foreign owner of a French SAS or SARL? Salary or dividends, social regime, 12.8% withholding, treaty relief and how to contest the bill — with the exact texts.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Just Received a Tax Audit Notice and You Live Abroad: Verification, Extra Tax Bills and How to Contest From Abroad

Foreign owner facing a French tax audit from abroad? Verification steps, time limits, 30-day reply, penalties and how to contest, with official sources.

Contracts and business

Your Foreign-Owned French Company Owes Corporate Tax and VAT: Registration, Instalments, E-Invoicing and How to Contest From Abroad

Foreign-owned French SAS or SARL: IS registration, 25% rate and SME relief, instalments, treaty protection, VAT number, reverse charge, e-invoicing and refunds, plus how to contest from abro …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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