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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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Your French Company Crossed the Auditor Thresholds While You Live Abroad: Appoint the Statutory Auditor, File and Avoid Criminal Liability
Your French SAS or SARL crossed two of the three audit thresholds while you live abroad. This guide explains when a statutory auditor (commissaire aux comptes) becomes mandatory, how minorit …
British Parents in France After Brexit: Child Custody, Residence and Contact Orders, Enforcing an English Order and Bringing Your Child Back
British parent in France after Brexit? Which court fixes residence and contact, how an English order is enforced, and how the Hague return procedure works.
Hired in France on a British Passport After Brexit: Your Work Authorisation, Your Salarie Residence Permit, and How to Challenge a Refusal or a Removal Order
Hired in Paris on a British passport? Work authorisation first, salarie card second: visas, Paris filings, dismissal and pay rights, and how to challenge a refusal or OQTF.
Your French House Is Let Long-Term After Brexit: Which Lease Binds You, What Tax You Owe, and What to Do When the Rent Stops
British owner letting a French house year-round: the lease you must sign, the deposit rules, the energy ban, French tax on the rent and the arrears procedure.
Your First French Sales Hire Misses Every Target While You Live Abroad: Set the Commission Right, Count the Real Cost and Dismiss Without Losing in Court
Fixed salary plus commission, payslip and social charges, written targets, prior meeting and severance: how a foreign founder hires a first French salesperson and parts ways lawfully.
Your British Parent Is Losing Capacity and Owns a House in France: Why an English Lasting Power of Attorney Stalls, and How to Protect the House
Your English Lasting Power of Attorney is not enough to sell or manage a French house. Hague Convention rules, mandat de protection future, family authorisation and how to challenge a refusa …
Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax While You Live Abroad: IS Rate, Instalments, Filing and Paying From Abroad
Your French company pays 25 percent corporate tax in four instalments with one annual return. Calendar, forms and penalties, managed entirely from abroad.
Your French Second Home After Brexit: Annual Taxe Foncière and Taxe d’Habitation Bills, the 60% Surcharge, and How to Challenge Them
British owner of a French second home? How taxe foncière and the second-home taxe d'habitation are computed, when the 60% surcharge applies, and how to challenge a wrong bill.
Your First French Employee Committed Misconduct While You Live Abroad: Run the Disciplinary Dismissal Without Losing at the Labour Court
Minor, serious or gross misconduct, the two-month guillotine restated by the Court of Cassation on 15 October 2025, summons, meeting, reasoned letter, final pay and labour court defence: the …
British Owner, French Property Above 1.3 Million Euros After Brexit: Who Pays the IFI Wealth Tax, How It Is Calculated, and How to Challenge the Bill
British owner with French property over 1.3 million euros? Residence rules, SCI shares, the 30% main-home relief, debts, rates, the cap, filing the 2042-IFI and challenging the bill, with th …
Your French Bank Refuses Your Company’s Account While You Live Abroad: Deposit the Capital, Get the Blocked-Funds Certificate and Enforce Your Right to an Account
Bank refusing your French company's account from abroad? Deposit the capital, secure the blocked-funds certificate and use the Banque de France designation to get an account.
Your French Company Pays Dividends to You Personally While You Live Abroad: 12.8% Levy, Treaty Relief and Getting the Excess Back
Non-resident individual shareholder of a French company? 12.8% withholding, treaty caps, forms 5000/5001 and refund from abroad explained.
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