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Your French SAS Pays Dividends to Its Foreign Parent and You Live Abroad: Withholding Tax, EU Exemption and How to Claim a Refund From Abroad

Your French subsidiary earned profits and you live abroad: how to vote the dividend, which French withholding applies, when the EU exemption removes it and how to reclaim overpaid tax with F …

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Raising Money into a French SAS from Abroad: the 150-Investor Test, the €100,000 Door, and How to Challenge a Void Round

A foreign founder raising into a French SAS cannot treat a private deck as outside French securities law. Article L. 227-2 closes the small public offer. The open doors are a restricted circ …

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Your French SAS Fails While You Live Abroad: When You Pay Personally, When You Are Banned From Managing, and How to Challenge It

Foreign director of a French SAS facing a shortfall claim or a management ban: when you pay, when you are banned, and how to challenge from abroad.

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You Run Your French Company From Abroad: How to Pay Yourself — Salary or Dividends, SAS or SARL Rules, and How to Challenge the URSSAF Bill

SAS president or SARL manager, salary or dividends: what each pay route really costs a foreign founder in French social charges and tax, and how to check and challenge an URSSAF bill from ab …

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Your French Bank Says No From Abroad? How to Open a Corporate Bank Account in France as a Foreign Founder

Foreign founder blocked at the bank? Capital deposit, blocked-funds certificate, Kbis release and how to challenge a refusal through Banque de France designation, from abroad.

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You Live Abroad and Your French SAS or SARL Needs Fresh Capital: Inject Cash, Defend Your Stake, Register the Increase and Challenge an Unfair Dilution

Your French company needs fresh equity while you live abroad. This guide explains how to vote and pay a cash capital increase from another country, keep your preferential subscription right …

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Your French SAS Pays You Dividends While You Live Abroad: 25% Withholding, Treaty Relief, EU Exemption and How to Reclaim

Your French SAS votes a dividend and France withholds 25% before it reaches you abroad. Treaty rates, the EU parent-subsidiary exemption and the refund procedure that recovers the excess.

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SAS vs SARL vs Branch vs Subsidiary: Which Vehicle Should Your Foreign Company Choose to Do Business in France?

WITHDRAWN 2026-09-29: near-duplicate of four existing .fr vehicle-choice articles; depublished to draft.

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British Family SCI After Brexit: How to Buy, Run and Let Your French Home Through a Family Property Company, Pay the Right Tax and Challenge Refusals and Bills

How British families buy, run, let and pass on a French home through an SCI after Brexit: formation, yearly management, tax, furnished letting, succession and how to challenge refusals and r …

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Your French SAS Shares Change Hands While You Live Abroad: Approval, Price, Tax, Registration and How to Challenge a Blocked Transfer

Foreign owner selling or buying shares in a French SAS from abroad: approval clauses, lock-ups, price experts, 0.1% duty, company and tax filings, and Paris remedies when the transfer is blo …

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Your French Company Needs Cash and You Live Abroad: Shareholder Loans (Compte Courant d’Associé), Repayment, Interest and Tax

Non-resident founder guide: lending to your French SARL or SAS via compte courant d'associé, securing repayment on demand, deducting interest within the legal ceiling, handling withholding t …

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SAS, SARL, Branch or Subsidiary in France: How a Foreign Founder Chooses the Right Vehicle and Registers It From Abroad

SAS or SARL, branch or subsidiary? An English-language guide for foreign founders on choosing the right French business vehicle, registering it from abroad, and handling corporate tax, VAT a …

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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