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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 in France After Brexit: How the 90/180-Day Rule Works, What an Overstay Costs, and How to Challenge Refusal or Removal
British owner of a French second home? Learn how the 90/180-day rule is counted, what an overstay costs, and how to challenge a refusal of entry or a removal order.
Contracts and business
Your Business Partner Blocks Your French Company’s Annual Accounts While You Live Abroad: Force the Meeting, Challenge the Refusal and File From Abroad
Co-founder refusing to approve your French company's accounts from abroad? Force the meeting with a court-appointed agent, challenge the refusal and file at the registry.
Remarried in France After Brexit: How a British Husband or Wife Gives Their Second Spouse a Home for Life Without Disinheriting the Children of a First Marriage
Remarried with children from a first marriage? French forced heirship limits what your second spouse receives. Donation au dernier vivant, cantonnement and the RAAR waiver protect the surviv …
Your French Company Needs Cash While You Live Abroad: Shareholder Loans, Blocked Current Accounts and Getting Your Money Back
A foreign shareholder can fund a French SAS or SARL through a shareholder current account, a capital increase or an intra-group loan, and recover the money. Procedure, interest caps, blockin …
Banking, insurance and consumers
British Resident in France Selling Your UK Buy-to-Let After Brexit: the 60-Day UK Return, the French 19% Bill With Social Charges, and How to Challenge Double Tax
You live in France and sell your UK buy-to-let: Britain taxes first within 60 days, France taxes second at 19% plus 17.2%, then credits the British tax. How the ceiling works and how to chal …
Contracts and business
Your French Company Hires a Foreign Subcontractor Whose Staff Work in France: Vigilance Checks, the 48-Hour Declaration, Fines and How to Challenge Them
Your French company hires a foreign subcontractor whose team works on your site in France: this guide explains your vigilance checks, the SIPSI declaration, the 48-hour fallback rule, the fi …
Your UK Bank Is Closing Your Account Because You Live in France: How to Open a French Account, Use the Droit au Compte Safety Net and Challenge a Refusal
Your UK bank is closing your account because you live in France and a French bank turned you away. How the closure notice works, how the droit au compte forces an account open within days, a …
Contracts and business
Your Foreign Company Rents an Office in Paris While You Live Abroad: Signing the Commercial Lease, Renewing It, and Challenging Eviction or Rent Hikes
Foreign founder renting a Paris office from abroad: 9-year lease or short lease, signing checks, renewal, eviction pay and rent challenges.
Closing Your French Company From Abroad: Voluntary Dissolution, Liquidation, Strike-Off, Debts and Tax Clearance
Dissolve and liquidate a French SAS or SARL from abroad: shareholder votes, legal notices, INPI filing, liquidator duties, creditor order, final tax returns and strike-off from the RCS.
You Moved to France This Year: Your First French Tax Return, the HMRC Split-Year Trap, and How to Challenge Double Tax After Brexit
Newly arrived from Britain? When French residence starts, why HMRC may still claim you, what goes on your first 2042/2047 return, and how to challenge double tax under the 2008 treaty.
Contracts and business
Your French Company Made a Profit While You Live Abroad: Vote, Pay and Receive Dividends, Withholding Tax and How to Challenge
Your French SAS closed a profitable year while you live abroad. How to vote and pay the dividend within nine months, which French withholding tax applies, how treaties and EU law reduce it …
British Owner, French Block of Flats After Brexit: Copropriete Charges, the Meeting Votes You Missed, and How to Challenge the Bill Within Two Months
A French service-charge bill lands at a British address for a flat near Nice. What a British owner owes, how the block vote binds them, and the two-month window to challenge it.
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