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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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British Second-Home Owner Renting Out Your French Flat Furnished After Brexit: Registration, Rental Tax and How to Challenge the Bill
British owner letting a French flat furnished? Change-of-use authorisation, the 13-character registration number, the post-2024 micro-BIC thresholds and the France-UK treaty, with the routes …
Your Elderly British Parent in France Is Losing Capacity After Brexit: Tutelle, Curatelle, Habilitation Familiale, the English LPA Trap, and How to Challenge the Order
Your elderly British parent in France is losing capacity: which French measure fits — sauvegarde, curatelle, tutelle or habilitation familiale — why the English Lasting Power of Attorney sta …
You Live Abroad and Want to Sell Your French SAS Shares: Approval, Price, Deadlines and How to Force the Buyback
Your SAS bylaws decide whether you can sell freely or need approval, and the price goes to an independent expert when parties disagree. This guide covers agrement, lock-ups, forced buyouts …
Your Water-Damage Claim Was Refused in France: How Foreign Owners Overturn the Refusal and Get Paid (2026)
Insurer refused your French water-damage claim? Late declaration, wear and tear and unoccupied-home defences usually fail without strict proof. Case law, evidence method and liability target …
British Family, French Holiday Home After Brexit: Should You Put It in a SCI, How Is It Taxed, and How Do You Get Out When It Goes Wrong
British family with a French home? How the SCI works after Brexit: set-up without traps, income tax and capital gains, passing on shares, and challenging a refusal or deadlock.
Your First French Employee’s Payslip While You Live Abroad: Real Cost, Gross to Net, and How to Challenge a URSSAF Reassessment
Hiring in France from abroad? Learn to read the payslip, budget the real employer cost, and defend wage claims and URSSAF reassessments.
Married to a French National After Brexit: How a British Spouse Gets the Vie Privee et Familiale Card, and How to Challenge a Refusal or an OQTF
British and married to a French citizen? Which visa to arrive on, how to prove six months of genuine shared life, and how to challenge a refusal, withdrawal, OQTF or re-entry ban before the …
Your French Company and Mandatory E-Invoicing Since 1 September 2026: Platform, Deadlines and Getting Paid From Abroad
Since 1 September 2026 every French company must receive electronic invoices through an accredited platform or the public portal, and issue them from 2026 or 2027 by size. A practical guide …
France’s IFI Wealth Tax for Non-Resident Owners: Who Pays, How to File, and How to Challenge an Assessment (2026 Guide)
Non-resident owners of French property above 1.3M euros net face IFI wealth tax: thresholds, SCI valuation rulings, filing from abroad, and how to challenge reassessments.
British Naturalisation Refused or Adjourned After Brexit: How to Challenge the Decision Before the Minister and the Nantes Court
Your French naturalisation was refused or adjourned after Brexit. A British applicant's guide to the two-month ministerial appeal, the Nantes court challenge, and what three 2025-2026 judgme …
Contracts and business
Your French Company Owes Corporate Income Tax While You Live Abroad: 25% Rate, Instalments, Return and How to Challenge a Reassessment
Foreign founder's guide to French corporate income tax (IS): 25% rate, quarterly instalments, annual return, and how to reply to a reassessment from abroad.
Contracts and business
Your French Company Missed Its VAT Returns While You Live Abroad: CA3 Deadlines, Late Interest, Refunds and How to Challenge the Assessment
Foreign founder with a French company? Monthly CA3 returns, quarterly tolerance, simplified regime, VAT refunds, penalties and how to challenge a reassessment from abroad.
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