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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

Your SAS President Must Go and You Live Abroad: How a Foreign Shareholder Revokes, Files and Updates the Kbis

Foreign majority shareholder? Remove the president of your French SAS from abroad: articles of association, vote, single-portal filing, new Kbis and damages defence.

News

Getting Married in France After Brexit: the British Couple’s Papers, Bans and How to Challenge a Refusal

Two British citizens marrying in France after Brexit: the FCDO self-declaration replacing the certificat de coutume, the bans timetable, the prosecutor's opposition and how to challenge a re …

Contracts and business

Your Foreign Company Already Billed French Clients Without a French VAT Number: Correcting Invoices, Paying the VAT Due and Limiting Penalties From Abroad

Your foreign company billed French clients with no French VAT number. Correct the invoices, pay the VAT and interest via the SIEE, and cut four penalty layers before the audit notice arrives …

News

Moving Your UK Pension to a QROPS While Living in France After Brexit: the 25% Transfer Charge, French Tax and How to Challenge Double Tax

British resident in France thinking of moving a UK pension to a Malta or Gibraltar QROPS? When HMRC takes 25 per cent, how France taxes the pension under the 2008 treaty, and how to recover …

Insolvency

Closing Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Tax Clearance and Kbis Removal

How a foreign owner closes a French SAS, SARL, SASU or EURL from abroad: dissolution vote, TUP fast track, liquidator duties, final IS and VAT returns, employee exits and Kbis radiation.

News

British Second Marriage and Your French House in a Tontine After Brexit: Can Children from Your First Marriage Still Claim, What Tax the Survivor Pays and How to Challenge the Bill

Remarried British couple with a French house in tontine: how the survivor keeps the whole property against first-marriage children, what tax applies and how to challenge claims.

Contracts and business

Your French Subsidiary Just Received a Tax Audit Notice: How a Foreign Parent Replies, Proves and Contests From Abroad

Your French subsidiary received an avis de verification. Here is how a foreign parent checks the notice, organises the on-site audit, answers the reassessment proposal within thirty days and …

Property

Buying French Property at Auction: Seizure Sales, Bidding Rules and Title Risks Explained for Foreign Buyers

How French seizure auctions work for foreign buyers: bidding through a lawyer, the ten-day overbid, the two-month payment clock, no hidden-defects warranty, and what the adjudication judgmen …

News

British Resident in France Charged CSG and CRDS While Covered by a UK S1 After Brexit: How the Exemption Works, How to Claim a Refund and How to Challenge the Bill

Charged 17.2% French social charges despite a registered UK S1? How the single-legislation rule exempts you, what proof the tax office wants and how to reclaim before the deadline.

Contracts and business
Contracts and business

Taking Profits Out of Your French Company From Abroad: Approving Accounts, Voting Dividends and Paying French Withholding Tax

Foreign owner of a French company? How to approve the accounts, vote dividends within nine months, pay French withholding tax and recover treaty relief from abroad.

Banking, insurance and consumers

Your French Company’s Bank Account Was Refused: Droit au Compte, Banque de France Designation and How a Foreign Owner Gets Operating From Abroad

A French bank refused your company's account. Here is why foreign-owned files get turned down, what the refusal certificate must contain, and how the Banque de France designation gets you op …

News
News

Your UK 25% Tax-Free Pension Lump Sum as a French Resident After Brexit: Will France Tax It, the 7.5% Flat Rate and How to Challenge Double Tax

British resident in France taking your 25% UK pension lump sum? France can tax it. Treaty rules, the 7.5% flat-rate option and how to challenge double tax.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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