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You Live Abroad and Run Your French Company: How to Pay Yourself as President or Gerant, Which Social Security Applies, and How to Challenge a URSSAF Reassessment

Foreign founder running a French SAS or SARL from abroad? Learn whether you are assimile salarie or TNS, what contributions you owe with or without pay, how dividends are treated, and how to …

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You Live Abroad and Want to Sell Your French SAS Shares: Approval, Price, Deadlines and How to Force the Buyback

Your SAS bylaws decide whether you can sell freely or need approval, and the price goes to an independent expert when parties disagree. This guide covers agrement, lock-ups, forced buyouts …

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Your French Company Bank Account Is Refused and Your Capital Stays Blocked While You Live Abroad: Deposit Certificate, Right to an Account and How to Challenge the Bank

A French bank refuses your company account and the formation capital stays blocked. This guide explains the deposit certificate, the documents banks require from foreign founders, the Banque …

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SAS, SARL or Branch: How a Foreign Founder Chooses the Right Vehicle to Do Business in France

SAS, SARL or branch (succursale)? A foreign founder's guide to choosing the right French business vehicle, registering from abroad and running it.

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Your French Bank Refuses to Open Your Company Account While You Live Abroad: Capital Deposit, Right to an Account, and Getting Your Kbis Anyway

A French bank refused your company account while you live abroad. Deposit your capital via a bank or notary, secure the Kbis extract that releases blocked funds, and use the Banque de France …

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Your Foreign Company Wants a French Subsidiary While You Stay Abroad: Create the Filiale SAS, Fund It, Register It and Cap Your Liability

How a foreign parent creates a French filiale SAS from abroad: documents, capital deposit, Guichet unique filing, tax on profits, and where the liability shield stops.

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You Run Your French SAS From Abroad: Director Status, Social Charges, Pay vs Dividends and How to Challenge URSSAF

Non-resident president of a French SAS? Your assimilated-employee status, salary vs dividends, and how to defeat a defective URSSAF demand, with the exact texts.

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Foreign Founder in France: SAS vs SARL — How to Choose, Register, Fund and Run Your Company While You Live Abroad

SAS or SARL for a foreign founder? Compare governance, transfers, exclusion and manager removal, then register via the Guichet unique, deposit capital, get your Kbis and run French tax and p …

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Your SAS President Quit and You Live Abroad: Replace the Director, File at the Greffe and Secure the Bank Without Flying to Paris

Your SAS president resigned and you live abroad. This English guide explains how to appoint the successor, file within one month via the Guichet unique, update the Kbis and BODACC, fix the b …

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Your French Company Needs Fresh Capital and You Live Abroad: Increase the Share Capital, Rebuild Equity Above Half, and File Everything Remotely

Foreign owner of a French SAS or SARL? Raise capital lawfully from abroad and cure half-capital losses before the court dissolves your company.

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Your French Bank Says No While You Live Abroad: Capital Deposit Blocked, KYC Refusal, Right to an Account and How to Keep Your Business Account Open

Your French SAS is ready but no bank will take your capital or open your account while you live abroad. This guide covers the deposit certificate, KYC file, Banque de France designation and …

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Your French SAS Has a Foreign President Living Abroad: Director Status, French Social Security, Pay and Tax

Foreign president or manager of a French SAS or SARL living abroad: assimilated-employee vs independent status, payroll, dividends and how to survive a URSSAF audit.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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