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Contracts and business

French Company Has a Kbis but the SIRET Is Missing or Wrong: How a Foreign Founder Corrects the RNE Record

A practical guide for foreign founders when a French company has a Kbis but a missing or incorrect SIRET: diagnosis, INPI correction and operational safeguards.

Contracts and business

Can a French Subsidiary Employ a Worker Seconded by Its Foreign Parent? Payroll, Social Security and DSN Rules

A legal guide for foreign groups sending a worker to a French subsidiary: posting, payroll, A1, SIPSI, DPAE, DSN, tax and employer risk.

Contracts and business

Can a French Company End Its First Employee’s CDD Early? Legal Grounds, Notice and Compensation for Foreign Founders

A French first employee's CDD is not freely cancellable: check the legal ground, notice route and compensation before ending it early.

Contracts and business

How Can a New French Company Recover Excess Corporate Tax Paid? IS Overpayment, Form 2572 and Refund Procedure for Foreign Founders

A practical legal guide for foreign founders on identifying, documenting and recovering excess French corporate tax paid through IS advances, Form 2572 and the correct refund procedure.

Contracts and business

Can a French Company Hire a Freelancer Instead of Its First Employee? Reclassification, URSSAF and Hidden-Employment Risk

A French company may use a freelancer, but an invoice cannot replace independence. Learn the French reclassification test, URSSAF exposure and safe first-hire checklist.

Contracts and business

Can a French Company Let Its First Employee Work from Home? Telework Agreement, Equipment, Costs and Employer Risk

A practical legal guide for foreign founders: how a French company can organise first-employee telework, provide equipment, reimburse home-office costs and manage accident, privacy and payro …

Contracts and business

How to Protect Software Created by a French Company’s First Employee: Copyright Assignment and Employer Ownership

A practical legal guide for foreign founders: French employee software ownership, copyright, patentable inventions, contracts, repository evidence and cross-border IP protection.

Contracts and business

Can a French Company Pay an Employee in US Dollars or Pounds? Salary Currency, Payroll and Exchange-Rate Risk

A French company may negotiate an international salary in dollars or pounds, but French payroll requires a documented euro payment, conversion rule and social-security process.

Contracts and business

How a Foreign Employer Handles French Income-Tax Withholding for a First Employee: PAS, DSN or PASRAU

A practical legal roadmap for foreign employers hiring in France: classify the employee, choose PAS, DSN or PASRAU, and document the first payroll.

Contracts and business

French VAT Number Not Activated Before First Invoice: What a Foreign Founder Should Do

Can a French company invoice before its VAT number is active? A practical guide for foreign founders on invoice wording, reverse charge, VAT liability and corrections.

Contracts and business

How to Change the Representative of a French Branch from Abroad: INPI Filing, Kbis and Liability Handover

A practical guide for foreign companies changing the representative of a French branch: parent approval, INPI filing, Kbis, certified documents, deadlines and liability handover.

Contracts and business

Can a Foreign Company Hire Its First Worker in France as a Freelancer? Reclassification, URSSAF and the Safe Route

A foreign company can use a French freelancer only when the relationship is genuinely independent. This legal guide explains reclassification risk, URSSAF, TFE, payroll and the safer route f …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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