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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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Company law

UK Resident Selling a French Second Home After Brexit: Capital Gains Tax, Social Charges and How to Challenge the Bill

British resident selling a French holiday home after Brexit: 19% levy, social charges, surtax, reliefs, declaration and how to challenge the bill.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Owes Corporate Tax (IS) and You Live Abroad: File the Return, Pay on Time and Contest the Reassessment

Foreign founder? How French corporate tax (IS) works for your company: filing, instalments, deadlines, penalties, and how to contest a reassessment from abroad.

News

British Second Home in France After Brexit: the 90/180-Day Count, Border Refusals and How to Challenge an Overstay OQTF

British owner of a French holiday home? Every Schengen day counts in one rolling 180-day window. How to count, what stamps and the EES prove, how to challenge a refusal of entry or an overst …

Contracts and business

Your French Company Cannot Bill Clients and You Live Abroad: Get Your VAT Number, Invoice Lawfully and Contest Fines From Abroad

Foreign founder blocked on VAT: get the French VAT number, invoice lawfully, appoint a fiscal representative and contest fines from abroad.

Contracts and business

Your Name Is on Your French Company’s Papers and You Live Abroad: When URSSAF Calls You a Director and How to Fight the Reassessment

Named on your French SAS papers but living abroad with no pay? When URSSAF treats an unpaid title as a director's mandate, how judges decide, and how to answer a reassessment from abroad.

News

British Driving Licence in France After Brexit: Which UK Licences Must Be Exchanged, the One-Year Deadline, and How to Challenge a Refusal or Police Charge

British licence in France after Brexit: pre-2021 recognition, the one-year exchange deadline, ANTS applications and how to challenge refusals and charges.

Contracts and business

Your Business Partner Blocks Your French Company’s Beneficial Owners Filing and You Live Abroad: Force the Papers, Face the Judge and File From Abroad

Partner refusing passport or address for the French RBE? Demand letter, eight-day emergency order under daily penalty, and the injunction machine behind it.

News

British Resident in France After Brexit: PUMA or S1 Healthcare, the Carte Vitale, and How to Challenge a CPAM Refusal

British in France after Brexit? PUMA or S1, carte vitale delays, and how to challenge a CPAM refusal, with the exact legal texts.

Company law

SAS or SARL in France From Abroad: Choose the Right Company, Register It and Pay Yourself Without Mistakes

SAS or SARL? A foreign founder's guide to choosing, registering, paying the director and handling removal from abroad, with statutes and rulings verified.

Tax and estate

British Owner, French Property Tax Bill After Brexit: Taxe Fonciere, Second-Home Surcharge, IFI and How to Challenge the Bill

British owner taxed in France after Brexit? Taxe fonciere, second-home taxe d'habitation surcharge, IFI and how to challenge the bill.

Tax and estate

British Landlord Living in France After Brexit: Who Taxes Your UK Rental Income, How to Declare It on Forms 2047 and 2042, and How to Challenge Double Tax and Social Charges

British resident in France letting a UK property? Where the rent is taxed, how to declare it on forms 2047 and 2042, and how to challenge double tax and social charges.

Contracts and business

Your French Company Needs Premises While You Live Abroad: Sign a 3/6/9 Commercial Lease, Control the Rent and Save Your Renewal Right

Foreign founder signing a French commercial lease from abroad: 3/6/9 duration, derogatory lease, three-yearly revision, renewal rent and eviction payment under Articles L145-1 to L145-41.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

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