Setting up in France
Your French subsidiary, handled end to end — in English.
France is not a difficult country to operate in. It is a difficult country to operate in without someone who knows how it works.
Foreign companies establishing a French entity face three obligations at once: French statutory accounting under a chart of accounts that resembles nothing you use at home, French VAT with its own registration, filing and intra-EU rules, and French payroll — collective bargaining agreements, mandatory health cover, monthly social declarations, and employer contributions that rarely match what you budgeted. All of it in French, all of it on deadlines set by the tax authorities rather than by your group calendar.
What we do
Before you start.
We advise on the entity form, handle the registration, obtain your VAT number, and set up the accounting and payroll before your first employee is hired or your first invoice is issued. Getting this right at the outset costs a fraction of correcting it eighteen months later.
Month to month.
Bookkeeping under French GAAP, VAT returns, payroll and social declarations, corporate tax filings, and statutory accounts. You receive a monthly reporting pack in English on a schedule that fits your group close, not ours.
Whenever you need an answer.
A single point of contact who explains what the rule is, what it means for you, and what you have to decide. In English, without translation, and without you having to ask twice.
Why us
We are a French chartered accountancy firm registered with the Ordre des Experts-Comptables, based in Courbevoie, next to La Défense. Our founder holds the French DEC and spent close to twenty years in the profession, including several with international audit firms — so we know both the French rules and the reporting format your parent company expects.
We work in French and in English.
One thing to plan for now
From 1 September 2026, every business registered for VAT in France must be able to receive electronic invoices through a certified platform — with no exemption for small entities and no transition period. Issuing becomes mandatory on the same date for large companies, and on 1 September 2027 for everyone else. If your French entity is not connected to a certified platform by that date, it cannot legally receive supplier invoices. We handle the setup.
Book a call
A first conversation, in English, to understand what your French entity will need.
4 avenue du 11 Novembre
92400 Courbevoie
nasseir@hotmail.fr