Your business in France.Accounts and tax, in order.

• Day-to-day books under the French chart of accounts (“Plan Comptable Général”), in your system or in ours
• Monthly figures, reconciled accounts and open items kept in view
• Annual accounts and the tax return package (“liasse fiscale”), through to filing with the registry
• Reporting to group rules, in your format and to your calendar
• Intercompany figures agreed with the parent, so that consolidation does not stall on differences
• Audit-proof archiving and the data export: the “FEC” file the French tax authority asks for

ResultFrench figures that hold locally and can be used at head office without rework.

• VAT returns, the annual adjustment and the European services declaration
• Corporate income tax and the “liasse fiscale”, including the tax adjustments
• Electronic invoicing: receiving and issuing, then storage along the French timetable
• Deadlines watched, assessments checked, an appeal where it is worth making one
• Tax audits supported: preparation, data export, correspondence
• Dealings with the tax authority, handled entirely by us if you prefer

ResultDeadlines, returns and correspondence in one place, and legible to an international management team.

• Monthly payslips and the combined social return (“DSN”)
• Pre-hire declarations, registrations and URSSAF contributions
• Health cover, welfare schemes and supplementary pension funds
• Postings and “A1” certificates, applied for before the first working day rather than after it
• Certificates for employer, salary and end of contract
• Reports for HR and for head office, in three languages if needed

ResultA French payroll you can rely on, with named contacts for HR and for employees.

• The choice between a subsidiary and an “établissement stable”, with the tax consequences of each
• Formation, filing the articles and entry in the commercial register
• SIREN and SIRET numbers, the “Kbis” extract and the intra-EU VAT number
• Registered for tax and for social security, including with URSSAF
• Accounting, payroll and reporting in place before the first deadline
• Agreed with head office: what is expected, when, and in what form

ResultA set-up that meets its deadlines and leaves nothing to catch up on in year one.

• French-German questions, handled by professionals registered in both countries
• The tax treaty and withholding tax on dividends and interest, royalty payments included
• Intercompany structures: recharges, financing, service agreements
• Transfer pricing: the documentation and the method chosen, aligned with the German file
• Restructurings, contributions and disposals, seen from the French side
• Support during audits that reach across the border

ResultA French position that stands up to the authorities and makes sense at head office.

• A business address in Paris, arranged for registration and for your official correspondence
• Post received and scanned promptly, as a matter of course
• Post forwarded to head office at the agreed interval
• Papers and certificates the registry and the authorities ask for
• Notices and filings around the shareholder meeting kept in step
• One contact for the address, the accounts and the tax work

ResultAn address that holds before the registries, and post that arrives where someone reads it.