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French law in practice

Practical guides to French property and business law for readers dealing with French notaries, landlords, companies or courts from abroad, and analysis of current legal news.

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Tax and estate

British Family, French House in an SCI After Brexit: Passing the Shares to Your Children Without a Blocked Succession

How a British family creates and runs a French SCI, chooses English law for the shares, protects the children within the forced-heirship rules, pays the right tax, and challenges a blocked s …

Tax and estate

British Owner in France After Brexit: Your Taxe Foncière and Taxe d’Habitation Bills — How to Check, Pay and Challenge Them

British owner in France: how taxe foncière and second-home taxe d'habitation are calculated after Brexit, and how to challenge a wrong bill before 31 December.

Contracts and business

Your French Customer Has Not Paid and You Live Abroad: Recover Your French Company’s Unpaid Invoice From Penalties to Enforcement

Foreign owner of a French company with an unpaid French invoice: late penalties at ECB rate plus 10 points, 40 euro fee, formal demand, payment order and enforcement run remotely from abroad …

Property

British LPA Refused in France After Brexit: Bank and Notaire Blockages, French Protection Routes and How to Challenge a Refusal

Your English LPA has been refused by a French bank or notaire. Why French law blocks it, which protection route fits your parent, and how to challenge the refusal.

Contracts and business

Closing Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolve It, Liquidate It and Get Struck Off Without Flying Back to France

Solvent French SAS or SARL to close while you live abroad? Vote the dissolution, run the liquidation, file the last tax and social returns and get struck off, in that order.

News
News

British Pension in France After Brexit: Tax on Your State and Private Pensions, the Lump Sum, QROPS Transfers and How to Challenge the Bill

British resident in France? Your UK State and private pensions are usually taxable only in France under the 2008 treaty. Declaration via forms 2047 and 2042, lump sums, QROPS 25% charge, CSG …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Tax and Paperwork While You Live Abroad: File Corporate Tax, Pay On Time and Approve Your Accounts

Foreign founder guide: French corporate tax at 25 percent, filing deadlines, quarterly instalments and surcharges, plus the yearly calendar to approve and file your company accounts from abr …

News

British Second Home in France After Brexit: the 90-Day Visa-Exempt Limit, the Long-Stay Visitor Visa and How to Challenge a Refusal

British second-home owner in France after Brexit: how the 90 days in any 180 rule is counted, how to get the long-stay visitor visa, and how to challenge a consular refusal.

Company law

Your French Bank Says No While You Live Abroad: Unlock the Capital Deposit, Get the Certificate and Open Your Company Account

A French bank refuses your company account while you live abroad. This guide shows where to deposit the capital without a bank, how to get the deposit certificate for registration, and how t …

News
News

Caught Drink-Driving in France on a UK Licence After Brexit: Suspension, Court, and How a British Driver Gets Back on the Road

Stopped for drink-driving in France on a British licence? Prefectural suspension in 72 hours, criminal court penalties, UK licence exchange traps, points and insurance explained, with the ex …

Company law

Entering France From Abroad: Should You Choose a SAS, a SARL, a Subsidiary or a Branch — and How Do You Register It?

Foreign founder entering France? Compare SAS vs SARL vs subsidiary vs branch, then follow the registration path: capital deposit, Kbis, beneficial owners, corporate tax, VAT and payroll.

News

British in France After Brexit: Your Withdrawal Agreement Residence Card Is Expiring or Refused — How to Renew It and Challenge the Prefecture

Your five-year Withdrawal Agreement card is expiring. Renew it in the two-month window for a ten-year permanent card — and challenge any refusal or OQTF before the deadlines run out.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

Partner, member of the Paris Bar, 11 rue Margueritte, 75017 Paris. Author of the analyses published in this journal. About