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Contracts and business

Your First Hire in France Is Not Working Out? How a Foreign Company Dismisses an Employee, Agrees a Mutual Separation and Faces the Labour Court From Abroad

Draft kept after doublon review: quasi-identical to 2026-09-12 dismissal guide; replaced by faute grave angle.

Contracts and business

Foreign Company Expanding to France: Branch (Succursale) vs Subsidiary (Filiale) — Registration, Tax, Liability and How to Choose From Abroad

Branch or subsidiary in France? Registration on the Guichet unique, tax and accounting, liability, bank account and staff — how a foreign company chooses and files from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Accountant Won’t Release the Books or the INPI Login: How a Foreign Owner Recovers the File, Ends the Mandate and Keeps Filings Alive From Abroad

Your French accountant is holding the books, the FEC or the INPI login. How a foreign owner demands restitution, ends the engagement letter, recovers the Guichet unique and keeps accounts, t …

Contracts and business

Foreign Owner of a French Company: Beneficial Owner (RBE) Filing, Court Injunction and How to Stop a Strike-Off

If INPI rejects your beneficial-owner filing or the commercial court orders a declaration, here is who France treats as a bénéficiaire effectif, how to file the RBE from abroad, and how to c …

Contracts and business

Foreign Owner of a French Company? How to Declare Beneficial Owners and Register Share and Director Changes From Abroad Without Fines

Foreign owner of a French SAS or SARL? Declare and update beneficial owners on the Guichet unique, transfer shares without nullity, register director and office changes, and avoid strike-off …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Foreign Company in France: VAT Registration, Returns, Refunds and Fines — How to Comply and Contest From Abroad

Foreign-owned business in France? How to get a French VAT number, file returns, recover VAT credits and contest reassessments from abroad.

Contracts and business

Foreign-Owned French Company: Corporate Tax, Annual Accounts and Legal Calendar — Rates, Instalments, Deadlines, Fines and How to Contest From Abroad

Foreign-owned SAS or SARL: French corporate tax at 25 percent, quarterly instalments, May return, June accounts meeting, greffe filing, monthly VAT, and how to contest a reassessment from ab …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France as a Foreign Company: DPAE, Contract, Trial Period and URSSAF Fines

Foreign-owned company hiring its first employee in France? DPAE deadline, written CDI or CDD contract, trial period renewal rules and URSSAF fines explained.

Contracts and business

Paying Yourself as a Foreign Director of a French Company: Salary vs Dividends, Social Charges and Personal Liability

Foreign director of a French SAS or SARL living abroad? Salary vs dividends, French social charges, dividend withholding and personal liability explained with the exact statutes and court ru …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Tax Audit on Your French Company While You Live Abroad: Notice, Duration, Reassessment and How to Contest

Your French SAS or SARL is being audited while you live abroad. This guide explains the audit notice, the three-month limit, the proposed reassessment with interest and penalties, and how to …

Contracts and business

You Funded Your French Company Yourself? How a Foreign Owner Lends via Shareholder Current Account and Gets Repaid

Foreign founder guide: how to lend to your French SAS or SARL through a shareholder current account, get repaid on demand and keep interest deductible.

Contracts and business

INPI Rejected Your French Company Formation: Occupancy Proof, Complementary Documents and How a Foreign Founder Gets the Kbis

INPI or the greffe rejected your French company filing. How a foreign founder proves occupancy, completes the guichet unique file and challenges a refusal within 15 days.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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