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Contracts and business

Your French Bank Just Refused Your Company’s Account While You Live Abroad: Droit au Compte, Documents, Deadlines and Remedies

Your French company's bank account was refused while you live abroad. This guide explains why banks decline foreign-held files and how the droit au compte procedure before the Banque de Fran …

Contracts and business

Branch or Subsidiary in France: How a Foreign Company Registers, Pays Tax, Hires and Closes Down

A branch lets your foreign company trade in France without creating a French company, but it gives you no liability shield and carries its own tax, filing and hiring duties. This guide compa …

Contracts and business

You Run Your Company From Abroad and Send Staff to Work in France: Posted-Worker Declarations, A1 Certificates and Fines

Sending an employee to work in France from abroad triggers two prior filings — the SIPSI posting declaration and the A1 social-security certificate — plus French pay rules and fines of up to …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Is Blocked Because Your Beneficial Owners Are Not Declared and You Live Abroad: File the RBE, Fix Rejection and Avoid the Fine

Foreign founder living abroad? Declare your French beneficial owners via the Guichet unique, fix RBE rejection within 30 days, and avoid injunction, removal and fines.

Contracts and business

Your French Company and French VAT While You Live Abroad: Registration, Thresholds, Returns, Refunds and Challenging a Reassessment

Running a French company from abroad? Registration, franchise thresholds, 20% rate, invoicing, deduction deadlines, VAT refunds and how to challenge a reassessment.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Is Still on Trial While You Live Abroad: Probation Length, Renewal, Termination Notice and Proof

Hiring your first employee in France from abroad: trial period lengths, renewal rules, termination notice and the evidence the labour court will check.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Money and You Live Abroad: When French Law Makes the Foreign Director Pay Personally

Your French SAS or SARL cannot pay and you live abroad. Four routes can reach your personal assets: the shortfall claim in liquidation, direct creditor suits, the bank guarantee you signed …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

You Live Abroad and Must Dismiss Your French Employee: Lawful Procedure, True Cost and Labour Court Defence

Dismissing a French employee from abroad: preliminary meeting, notification letter, severance calculation and prudhommes defence for foreign employers.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Your French Employee Asks for a Rupture Conventionnelle and You Live Abroad: Severance Floor, Homologation and Labour Court Defence

Your Paris employee asks for a rupture conventionnelle. Severance floor, 15-day withdrawal, DDETSPP approval and 12-month challenge rule for foreign employers.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Income Tax While You Live Abroad: 25% Rate, 2065 Return, Instalments, Deficits and How to Challenge a Reassessment

Foreign founder guide to French corporate income tax: 25% rate and 15% SME tranche, 2065 return, four instalments and balance, loss carryforward and carry-back, audits and how to challenge a …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Switch to E-Invoicing While You Live Abroad: 2026-2027 Deadlines, Approved Platforms and Penalties

France's e-invoicing mandate applies from 1 September 2026 for reception and large issuers, 2027 for SMEs. Deadlines, accredited platforms, new invoice details and fines for founders abroad.

Contracts and business

Your First French Hire Is on a Fixed-Term Contract and It Ends Soon: Renew, End or Convert Without Creating a Permanent Employee

Your first French hire is on a CDD that ends soon: lawful uses, duration caps, renewals, the 10 percent end bonus and how courts reclassify fixed-term contracts as permanent.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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