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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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French Planning Permission for Foreign Buyers: Refused Permit or Neighbour Challenge — Deadlines and Remedies
Your French building permit was refused, or a neighbour is challenging the permit for your renovation. This guide explains PLU zoning, how to overturn a refusal, who can sue and within what …
British Selling Your French Second Home After Brexit: Capital Gains Tax, Social Charges and the UK Treaty Credit — and How to Challenge the Bill
You live in Britain and you are selling your French holiday home. France taxes the gain first at the signing, HMRC may tax it again, and an S1 can cut the social charges. Calculation, taper …
You Run a French Company From Abroad: Director Social Security, URSSAF Bills and How to Challenge Them
Foreign director of a French SAS or SARL living abroad: TNS vs assimilated employee status, salary vs dividends vs zero pay, URSSAF registration and how to challenge a reassessment.
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British Landlord in France After Brexit: Your Tenant Stopped Paying — Commandement de Payer, Court Order, Eviction and How to Recover the Arrears
Your French tenant stopped paying and you live in Britain. This guide explains the commandement de payer, the two-month clock, the court order, the winter truce and how to recover the arrear …
Your French Sales Agent Was Terminated and Claims a Big Payout While You Run the Company From Abroad: Contract, Notice, Indemnity and How to Fight Back
Foreign company selling in France through a sales agent? Agent vs employee vs distributor, written contract and RSAC proof, notice periods, the termination indemnity, serious misconduct and …
Your French Company Fails While You Live Abroad: Paying Its Debts Personally, Being Banned From Managing, and How to Fight Back
Your French company failed and the liquidator sues you personally from abroad. Shortfall liability, personal bankruptcy, management bans, and how foreign directors defend themselves.
British Resident in France After Brexit: Will Your English Will Cover Your French House, How to Choose English Law, and How to Protect Your Spouse and Children
British resident in France with an English will and a French house? Habitual residence, the written choice of English law, forced shares, the compensatory levy, dual wills and French success …
French Rental Management Mandates for Absentee Owners: Fees, Termination and Claims for Mismanagement
Non-resident owner's guide to the French mandat de gestion locative: written mandate and licence checks, fees and tacit renewal, demanding accounts, terminating, and suing a letting agent fo …
Tax and estate
British Second-Home Owner in France After Brexit: Your November Taxe d’Habitation Bill, the 60% Surtax and How to Challenge It From the UK
British owner with a French holiday home? Why the November taxe d'habitation bill still bites after Brexit, how the 60% surcharge works, and how to challenge a wrong bill from the UK.
Your First French Hire Is Not Working Out and You Live Abroad: Trial-Period Exit, Dismissal and Rupture Conventionnelle That Survive the Prud’hommes
First French hire failing while you live abroad? Trial-period notice, dismissal procedure, rupture conventionnelle and prud'hommes defence, in English with official sources.
Tax and estate
Your Foreign Company Sells in France and Needs French VAT: Registration, Fiscal Representative, OSS Returns and How to Fix Penalties From Abroad
Foreign company selling in France? Learn when French VAT applies, who pays it, how to register, appoint a fiscal representative, use OSS and fix penalties from abroad.
Tax and estate
British Family Buying a French Holiday Home After Brexit: Should You Set Up an SCI, What Tax Will You Pay, and How to Challenge a Refusal or a Tax Bill
British family buying a French holiday home? What an SCI really is, how to set one up, how it is taxed on rent, sale and wealth, what happens on death or exit, and how to challenge a refusal …
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