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Your French Company Closes on 31 December and the Parent Closes on 31 March: How to Change the Financial Year From Abroad and File It in One Month
A foreign parent that wants the French SAS or SARL to close on 31 March instead of 31 December must vote the change before the current year ends, file it on the INPI guichet unique within on …
Your French Company Crossed the Audit Thresholds: When a Commissaire aux Comptes Becomes Mandatory, How to Appoint One From Abroad, and What Happens If You Miss It
Your French SAS or SARL just crossed two of the three statutory-auditor thresholds. How to appoint a commissaire aux comptes from abroad, file it on the Kbis, and repair a missed appointment …
Your French Company’s VAT Number Is Invalid on VIES: EU Customers Block Reverse Charge and How a Foreign Owner Fixes It
When VIES shows your French VAT number as invalid, EU customers refuse reverse charge and intra-community exemption. How the number is issued, why the SIE invalidates it, and how a foreign o …
Your French Company’s Annual Accounts: Six Months to Approve, One Month to File, and How to Fix a Missed Deadline
Approve within six months, file at the greffe within one (two electronically), report to the tax office within three: the French annual accounts calendar for foreign owners, the sanctions ch …
Hiring Your First Employee in France as a Foreign Company: DPAE Before Day One, a Trial Period That Holds Up, and a First Payslip Without an URSSAF Reassessment
First hire in France as a foreign company: file the DPAE before day one, sign a written CDI with an enforceable trial clause, renew or end the trial on time, and issue a compliant first pays …
Your Foreign Company Sends Staff to Work in France: the SIPSI Posting Declaration, the A1 Certificate and How to Survive a Labour Inspection
Posting staff to France triggers SIPSI declaration, a local representative, French pay rules and A1 proof. Fines reach 4,000 euros per worker plus URSSAF reassessment. How to fix it from abr …
URSSAF Audit, Formal Warning or Collection Order Against Your French Company: How a Foreign Employer Replies, Pays and Challenges Within the Deadlines
Your French company received a URSSAF audit notice, a mise en demeure or a contrainte. Here is the exact chain for a foreign employer: 30-day reply, one-month warning, and the 15-day court o …
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Your French Subsidiary Pays Management Fees to Its Foreign Parent: Why Inspectors Reassess Them and How to Fight Back
Your French subsidiary pays management fees to its foreign parent and the tax inspector wants to add them back. Article 57, the Ferragamo, Elie Saab and Menarini rulings, and the proof file …
Taking Profits Out of Your French Company as a Foreign Owner: Dividends, Withholding Tax and the Treaty Refund
Your French SAS or SARL is profitable and you live abroad. This guide explains how to vote a lawful dividend, what French withholding applies, and how to reclaim the treaty rate from outside …
Your French Company’s First Shop or Office Lease: the 3-6-9 Commercial Lease, the Deposit Trap and How a Foreign Founder Signs Safely
First shop or office lease in France as a foreign founder: 3-6-9 commercial lease, short lease, deposit caps, congé deadlines and eviction rights.
Your French Contractor Is Really an Employee: Reclassification, URSSAF Back Charges and How a Foreign Company Fixes It
Your French freelancer may be reclassified as an employee: subordination test, DPAE and payslip traps, back pay, six months salary, URSSAF reassessment, and how a foreign owner regularizes a …
Your Money Is Stuck in Your French Company: Shareholder Loans, Blocked Repayment and How a Foreign Founder Recovers From Abroad
You lent money to your French SAS or SARL and cannot get it back. This guide explains shareholder loans, interest caps, lawful repayment blocks and recovery from abroad.
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