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Contracts and business

Buying Control of a French Company From Abroad: France’s Foreign-Investment (IEF) Clearance, Delays, Sanctions and How to Fix a Closing Done Without It

Foreign buyer taking control of a French company in a sensitive sector needs prior IEF clearance from the Minister for the Economy. Filing clock, conditions, fines and how to fix a closing d …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Client Has Not Paid Your Invoice: Late Penalties, Formal Notice and the Fast Payment Order From Abroad

Your French customer ignores your invoices from abroad. French law adds automatic ECB-plus-10 penalties and a 40-euro fee, then a fast payment order enforces the debt. Deadlines, computation …

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Parent Lent Money to Its French Subsidiary: Recovering Your Shareholder Loan, Charging Interest and Surviving a Tax Audit

A foreign parent that funded its French subsidiary through a shareholder current account can demand repayment at any time unless the agreement says otherwise, charge written interest within …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed Its Corporate Tax Instalment (Acompte d’IS): Penalty, Interest and How a Foreign Owner Fixes It From Abroad

A foreign owner's guide to France's quarterly corporate-tax instalments: what a missed acompte d'IS costs in interest and penalties, and how to fix it from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Already Billed French Clients Without a French VAT Number: Correcting Invoices, Paying the VAT Due and Limiting Penalties From Abroad

Your foreign company billed French clients with no French VAT number. Correct the invoices, pay the VAT and interest via the SIEE, and cut four penalty layers before the audit notice arrives …

Contracts and business

Your French Subsidiary Just Received a Tax Audit Notice: How a Foreign Parent Replies, Proves and Contests From Abroad

Your French subsidiary received an avis de verification. Here is how a foreign parent checks the notice, organises the on-site audit, answers the reassessment proposal within thirty days and …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Taking Profits Out of Your French Company From Abroad: Approving Accounts, Voting Dividends and Paying French Withholding Tax

Foreign owner of a French company? How to approve the accounts, vote dividends within nine months, pay French withholding tax and recover treaty relief from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed Its VAT Return (CA3): Penalties, Interest and How a Foreign Owner Fixes It From Abroad

You run your French company from abroad and a CA3 VAT return was missed. This guide explains the monthly and simplified regimes, the 0.20 percent monthly interest, the 10 or 40 percent surch …

Contracts and business

Your French Company’s Legal Calendar: What a Foreign Owner Must Approve, File and Pay – and When

Foreign owner of a French company? The full legal calendar in English: approve accounts in 6 months, file with the greffe, pay IS, VAT, CFE and payroll on time - and fix a missed deadline fr …

Contracts and business

Hiring Your First Employee in France From Abroad: DPAE, Contract, Trial Period and Payslip

Your French company needs its first employee. This guide covers the DPAE pre-hiring declaration, CDI vs CDD, trial period renewal, payslips and how to fix a missed formality from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Missed the Beneficial Owners Filing (RBE): Greffe Injunction, Fine and How a Foreign Founder Fixes It From Abroad

Missed the French RBE filing for your company? Greffe notice, injunction, strike-off and 200,000 euro fine explained, with the remote fix for foreign founders.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes You Money: How a Foreign Owner Recovers a Shareholder Loan, Charges Interest and Passes a Tax Audit

A foreign parent funded its French subsidiary by shareholder current account advance. This guide explains repayment on demand, lock-ups, deductible interest, withholding tax and audit-proof …

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