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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 Owes Corporate Tax While You Live Abroad: IS Rate, Instalments, Loss Carryforward and How to Challenge the Bill
French corporate tax (IS) for foreign founders: 25% rate, 15% small-company slice, four instalments, loss carryforward and carryback traps, penalties and how to challenge a bill from abroad.
Retiring to France After Brexit: How British Retirees Get the Visiteur Visa, Prove Income and Insurance, and Challenge a Refusal or OQTF
British retiree route to France after Brexit: SMIC-level income proof, full-year health insurance, VLS-TS validation and OFII, yearly renewal, and how to challenge a visiteur refusal or OQTF …
Your French Company Needs a French VAT Number While You Live Abroad: Registration, OSS, Fiscal Representative and Penalty Fixes
Foreign founder guide: when French VAT applies to your sales, how to register from abroad, when to use the OSS or a fiscal representative, and how to fix late returns and penalties.
News
Married to a French Citizen After Brexit: Which Visa a British Spouse Needs, How to Get the Vie Privée et Familiale Card, and How to Challenge a Refusal or Removal Order
British and married to a French citizen? Which spouse visa to get, how to prove six months of shared life, and how to challenge a refusal or removal order.
Your 50/50 French Company Is Deadlocked While You Live Abroad: Tie-Break, Buyout, Exclusion and Dissolution
Your fifty-fifty French company is blocked and you live abroad. This guide explains how to prove abuse of equality, force a tie-break in court, impose a buyout or exclusion in a SAS, and obt …
Challenging a Neighbour’s Planning Permission in France: the Two-Month Deadline and the Damages Track for Foreign Owners
A neighbour's extension threatens your view, light or quiet. French law gives third parties two months from site display to challenge the permis de construire, plus strict notification dutie …
Heirs Opposed Your Joint Account After a Death in France After Brexit: How a British Survivor Gets Money Released and Challenges the Blockage
An heir objected and the French joint account froze: proving your half with the UK money trail, answering the opposition, mediator, notary and court release.
Company law
Your French Company Lost Half Its Capital While You Live Abroad: Recapitalise, Reduce or Dissolve Without Personal Liability
Equity below half the share capital starts a four-month vote and a two-year repair clock. How foreign shareholders recapitalise, reduce or close cleanly from abroad.
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Settled in France After Brexit and Want a French Passport: How a British Citizen Is Naturalised, Keeps the British Passport, and Challenges a Refusal or Deferral
British citizen settled in France after Brexit? Five-year residence, language and integration tests, dual nationality rules, and how to challenge a refusal or deferral.
Your French Customer Has Not Paid and You Live Abroad: Injonction de Payer, European Payment Order, Late Penalties and Seizure From Outside France
Your French customer has not paid and you live abroad. French law adds automatic late penalties at ECB plus ten points and a 40-euro recovery fee, gives you three fast tracks including the E …
Give Your French House to Your Children While You Keep Living in It After Brexit: Donation-Partage, Reserved Usufruit, British Tax and How to Challenge the Bill
British owner giving your French house to your children while keeping the usufruit: donation-partage, gift tax, the UK seven-year rule and how to challenge the bill.
Company law
Foreign Founder Choosing Between SAS, SARL, Branch and Subsidiary in France: Liability, Tax, Registration and How to Fix a Wrong Choice From Abroad
SAS, SARL, French subsidiary or branch: what each vehicle really costs a foreign founder in liability, tax and control, how to register from abroad and get the Kbis, and how to fix the wrong …
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