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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 Resident in France Hit by a Tax Audit After Brexit: Answering the Proposition de Rectification, Cutting Penalties, and Challenging the Bill

A brown envelope from the French tax office need not end in overpayment. This guide explains the desk check and the ESFP lifestyle audit, the reasoned proposal you must answer within thirty …

Company law

Foreign Founder in France: SAS vs SARL — How to Choose, Register, Fund and Run Your Company While You Live Abroad

SAS or SARL for a foreign founder? Compare governance, transfers, exclusion and manager removal, then register via the Guichet unique, deposit capital, get your Kbis and run French tax and p …

News

Working from France for a UK Employer After Brexit: Your Residence Permit, Your Tax and Social Security Bill, and How to Challenge a Refusal

British and working remotely from France for a UK employer? Which residence permit allows it, where your salary is taxed under the France-UK treaty, why your employer must register with URSS …

Planning and construction

Your Foreign Company Already Works in France: Branch Registration, Parent Liability, Tax and Payroll — and When a Subsidiary Is Safer

Branch or subsidiary in France? Registration, parent liability, corporate tax, VAT and hiring for a foreign company operating from abroad — and when a French SAS or SARL is safer.

Tax and estate

British Second Home in France After Brexit: Taxe Fonciere, Taxe d’Habitation Surcharge and How to Challenge the Bill

British owner of a French holiday home? How taxe fonciere and the 5-60% taxe d'habitation surcharge work after Brexit, and how to challenge a wrong bill in time.

Company law

Your SAS President Quit and You Live Abroad: Replace the Director, File at the Greffe and Secure the Bank Without Flying to Paris

Your SAS president resigned and you live abroad. This English guide explains how to appoint the successor, file within one month via the Guichet unique, update the Kbis and BODACC, fix the b …

Contracts and business

Send Your Own Staff to France or Hire Locally? Secondment, A1 Certificates, SIPSI Declarations and the Fines Foreign Employers Face

Posting your own staff to France instead of hiring locally? SIPSI declaration, French representative, A1 certificates, fines up to 4,000 EUR per worker and joint liability of the French cust …

News

Becoming French After Brexit: How a British Citizen Gets French Nationality by Decree or Marriage, Keeps the British Passport, and Challenges a Refusal

British citizen living in France? Naturalisation by decree after five years or nationality by marriage after four: conditions, language test, dual citizenship, Paris filing, and how to chall …

News

British Freelancer in France After Brexit: Entrepreneur Card, Micro-Entrepreneur Tax, and Challenging a Refusal, an OQTF or a Requalification

British and self-employed in France after Brexit? The entrepreneur card, micro-enterprise tax and social charges, and how to challenge a refusal, an OQTF, a URSSAF bill or a requalification.

Company law
Company law

Your French Company Needs Fresh Capital and You Live Abroad: Increase the Share Capital, Rebuild Equity Above Half, and File Everything Remotely

Foreign owner of a French SAS or SARL? Raise capital lawfully from abroad and cure half-capital losses before the court dissolves your company.

News

British Early Retiree in France After Brexit: Joining PUMA Without an S1, What the Yearly Charge Costs, and How to Challenge a CPAM Refusal

British and retired early in France with no S1? How to join PUMA after three months, what the yearly CSM charge costs, and how to challenge a CPAM refusal.

Contracts and business

Buying Control of a French Company From Abroad: Which Foreign Investments Need Prior Authorization (IEF), How to Get It and What Happens Without It

Foreign buyer taking control of a French company may need prior IEF authorization: three screening conditions, filing on the Tresor platform, deadlines, conditions, fines and court review.

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