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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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News

British Freelancer in France After Brexit: Entrepreneur Visa, Micro-Entrepreneur Tax and How to Challenge a Refusal

British and self-employed in France after Brexit: which entrepreneur visa and residence card to apply for, how to prove viable income, how micro-entrepreneur tax and social charges work, and …

Contracts and business

You Run Your French Company From Abroad Without a Director Title: De Facto Management, Forced Bills, Personal Liability and How to Stay an Adviser

Foreign founder steering a French company from abroad without a mandate: which acts create de facto director status, forced URSSAF affiliation, shortfall liability and how to challenge the l …

Tax and estate

You Moved to France but Still Let Your UK House After Brexit: Where the Rent Is Taxed, How to Declare It, and How to Challenge Double Tax

French-resident British landlords must declare UK rents in both countries. Treaty guide: Articles 6 and 24, forms 2047, 2044 and 2042, losses, levies and challenges.

News

British Early Retiree in France After Brexit: Joining PUMA Healthcare Without an S1, Paying the CSM Levy, and Challenging a CPAM Refusal

British and retired early in France with no S1? How residence-based PUMA cover works on a visitor card, what the yearly CSM levy costs, and how to challenge a CPAM refusal or a URSSAF bill.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Has No Paris Address Yet and the Greffe Blocks Your Kbis: Domiciliation, Commercial Lease and Proof of Premises From Abroad

Blocked Kbis over your registered office? How foreign founders prove a French company address from abroad: domiciliation contract, home-based seat, Paris commercial lease, and how to unblock …

News
News

British State Pension in France After Brexit: Where You Pay Tax, How Your S1 Healthcare Works, and How to Challenge a Refusal or a Tax Bill

British State Pension in France after Brexit: France-only tax under Article 18, the Article 19 public-service exception, S1 registration with the CPAM, the PUMA fallback and how to challenge …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Uses a Subcontractor While You Live Abroad: Vigilance Papers, Joint Liability and Challenging URSSAF

Your French company hires a subcontractor while you live abroad: which URSSAF vigilance papers to demand, how joint liability works, and how to challenge an assessment within two months.

Tax and estate

British Private Pension in France After Brexit: How Your SIPP, QROPS Transfer and 25% Lump Sum Are Taxed, Declared and Challenged

Living in France with a SIPP? Why the 25% UK tax-free lump sum is normally taxable in France, how the 7.5% levy and quotient relief work, and how to declare and challenge the bill.

Banking, insurance and consumers

Your French Company Has a VAT Credit While You Live Abroad: Claim the Refund, Meet the Deadlines and Challenge a Rejection

Your French company paid 20% VAT on setup costs but has few sales so far: how to turn the VAT credit into cash with form 3519, meet the claim deadlines, and challenge a delay or rejection fr …

News

Overstayed Your 90 Days in France After Brexit: How a British Second-Home Owner Counts the 90/180-Day Rule, Faces an OQTF and an Entry Ban, and Challenges Both

British second-home owners get the 90/180-day count wrong, then face an OQTF without a departure deadline plus a re-entry ban. How France counts, and how to challenge both.

Insolvency
Insolvency

Closing Your French Company From Abroad: Dissolution, Liquidation, Tax Clearance and Strike-Off

You live abroad and want to shut your French SAS or SARL cleanly: remote dissolution vote, liquidator duties, staff dismissal, final corporate tax, VAT and URSSAF bills, partition duty, and …

Tax and estate

Living in France When Someone Dies in England After Brexit: What a British Resident Declares, Where Each Asset Is Taxed, and How to Challenge Double Tax

A parent dies in England and you live in France: French worldwide duties, the 1963 treaty credit on form 2740, probate, the twelve-month deadline 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