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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 Family SCI in France After Brexit: Should You Put Your French Home in a Property Company, How It Is Taxed, and How to Leave It, Pass It On and Challenge the Bill
British family SCI explained: when a French property company helps, how it is created and run, how rents, sales and wealth tax work, how shares pass on death or divorce, and how to leave or …
Raising Money into a French SAS from Abroad: the 150-Investor Test, the €100,000 Door, and How to Challenge a Void Round
A foreign founder raising into a French SAS cannot treat a private deck as outside French securities law. Article L. 227-2 closes the small public offer. The open doors are a restricted circ …
News
French Speeding Fine After Brexit: What a British Driver Must Pay, How to Contest It, and What Happens to a UK Licence
A British driver who receives a French speeding notice after Brexit has 45 days to pay or to file a formal exemption request. This note sets out the fixed-penalty sums, the 50 km/h offence …
Taxed in Paris on Your London Salary After Brexit: the Article 24 Treaty Credit, the 183-Day Test and How to Win It Back
Living in Paris but paid from London? Learn where your salary is taxed, how Article 24 of the Franco-British treaty turns UK tax into French credit, why Paris refuses it, and how to win it b …
Contracts and business
Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax While You Live Abroad: 25% IS Rate, Advance Payments, Filing and How to Challenge the Reassessment
Your French company pays 25% corporate tax in four advance instalments with the balance in May. This guide explains filing from abroad, CFE and CVAE, and how to answer a reassessment and cha …
The French Notaire’s Succession Bill After Brexit: How the Regulated Fee Is Calculated, When UK Assets Inflate the Base, and How to Challenge the Invoice
A British heir has received the French notaire's succession invoice. Here is how the regulated fee is calculated, when UK assets inflate the base, and how to challenge a wrong bill.
Leaving France for the UK After Brexit: Exit Tax on Unrealised Share Gains, How Deferral Works, and How to Challenge the Bill
French exit tax can charge unrealised share gains when a British resident moves back to the UK. This note explains the six-year test, automatic deferral, the ninety-day request, and how to c …
Your French Distributor or Supplier Must Go While You Live Abroad: Notice, Damages, Proof and a Clean Exit
Living abroad, you can end a French distribution or supply relationship, but only with written notice measured against years of history. This guide explains how Paris courts assess establish …
Your French SAS Fails While You Live Abroad: When You Pay Personally, When You Are Banned From Managing, and How to Challenge It
Foreign director of a French SAS facing a shortfall claim or a management ban: when you pay, when you are banned, and how to challenge from abroad.
Your French Company Must Now Send Electronic Invoices and You Live Abroad: Issue, Receive, E-Report and Challenge Fines From Abroad
Since 1 September 2026 France requires electronic invoicing between VAT businesses, with small companies following in 2027. A practical English guide for directors living abroad: calendar, e …
British in France, Letting Your London Flat After Brexit: Where the Rent Is Taxed, How France Assesses It, and How to Challenge Double Tax
You live in France and let a London flat: the UK taxes the rent first under Article 6, France taxes it again worldwide and grants a capped Article 24 credit. Forms, social levies, the Versai …
Your French Company Needs a Paris Address While You Live Abroad: Domiciliation, Short-Term Derogatory Lease, 9-Year Commercial Lease, Rent and How to Challenge Eviction
Foreign founder living abroad? How to fix your French company's Paris registered office, obtain the Kbis, choose between a 3-year derogatory lease and a 9-year commercial lease, and challeng …
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