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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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Company law

Foreign Director of a French Company Living Abroad: SAS President or SARL Manager Pay, Social Charges and Tax

Foreign founder running a French company from abroad? SAS president vs SARL manager pay, social charges, dividends, withholding and URSSAF defence.

Contracts and business

Your First French Employee Works Overtime While You Live Abroad: 35-Hour Week, Pay Rates, Time Records and Labour Court Risk

Your first French hire works 42 hours while you run the company from abroad. French law prices every hour beyond 35: 25 and 50 percent premiums, a 220-hour annual ceiling, mandatory time rec …

News

British in France After Brexit: CPAM Registration, the S1 and Your Carte Vitale — and How to Challenge a Healthcare Refusal

British resident blocked by the CPAM? S1 registration, carte Vitale delays and how to challenge a French healthcare refusal, with the exact legal tests.

News

British Tenant in France After Brexit: Getting Your Deposit Back, Forcing Repairs and Defeating Eviction

British tenant in France? How to recover your deposit, force repairs of an indecent flat, challenge a notice to vacate and stop an eviction, with the latest court rulings.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Let Go of Its First Employee While You Live Abroad: Dismissal Steps, Negotiated Exit Costs and Labour Court Risk

Foreign owner of a French company? Dismissal procedure, severance pay, mutual separation and labour court costs when you part with your first employee while living abroad.

News

British Landlord in France After Brexit: Your Rental Tax Bill, Social Charges and How to Challenge a Wrong Assessment

British owner letting a French flat while living in the UK? How France taxes the rent, the 20 percent minimum rate, the lower average rate, social charges, and how to challenge a wrong bill …

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

French VAT for Foreign-Owned Companies: Get Your VAT Number, File Your First Returns and Fix Penalties From Abroad

Foreign founder in France? How to get a French VAT number, apply the exemption thresholds, file CA3 returns and challenge penalties from abroad.

News

British Landlord in France After Brexit: Unpaid Rent, Eviction and How to Get Your House Back

British owner and the rent has stopped? The six-week demand, the protection judge, the winter truce and French rental tax — the exact route to recover arrears and get your flat back.

Contracts and business

Your Kbis Has Not Arrived and Your French Company Is Stuck: How a Foreign Founder Unblocks the Guichet Unique and Restarts Bank, Invoices and Hiring From Abroad

No Kbis, no legal personality: a foreign founder's guide to fixing a Guichet unique rejection, protecting interim contracts and restarting bank, VAT invoices and hiring from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Must Declare Its Beneficial Owners and You Live Abroad: Who Counts, How to File and How to Fix a Rejection From Abroad

Foreign founder? Who counts as beneficial owner of your French company, how to file on the Guichet unique from abroad, and how to fix a rejection before fines and removal.

News

British Worker in France After Brexit: Challenging Your Dismissal, the Prudhommes Claim and Protecting Your Residence

Dismissed in France as a British employee? Procedure, severance, the prudhommes claim and how to protect your carte de sejour and benefits after Brexit.

Tax and estate
Tax and estate

British Seller in France After Brexit: Capital Gains Tax on Your French House, Exemptions and How to Challenge the Bill

British seller in France after Brexit: 19 percent capital gains tax, holding allowances, main-home relief and how to challenge the bill.

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