The Kbis extract is one of the most important documents when creating a company in France. Indeed, it essentially functions as the ID card of your company, being proof of the registration of your business.

The formal demand, known in France as the “lettre de mise en demeure” is a letter you can receive if you didn’t fulfill your obligations in a contract. Technically, this letter doesn’t force you to do anything, but it is still a warning you need to pay attention to.

If you’re an entrepreneur, there’s always a risk that you’ll be faced with a debtor that doesn’t pay you. It can definitely be a tricky situation for a creditor to deal with, so it’s important to know what to do in these situations.

When creating a company, protecting it against unfair competition and counterfeit should be one of your top priorities. What are the ways to do that in France?

If you were thinking about using dubious methods to create a company in France, think again! Every country has a different set of regulations when it comes to deceptive commercial practices, but at the very least, in France, they should be avoided.

If you want to have the other party fulfill his end of the contract in France, you have a simple way to do it: Orders for payment (“Injonction de Payer”) and Orders to perform (“Injonction de faire”).

Starting in 2019, taxation in France will change slightly. With the new “Taxation at the source”, companies will be taxed on the revenue they generate this year, rather than the year prior. Putting this in place can be a bit difficult at first for smaller structures though; so the French state also introduces a “right to error”.

Just a few months ago, a new European legislation to protect the data of European citizens just went into effect: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). If you’ve got a European company or even just European clients, this is something you need to pay attention to.

In France, tax and accounting isn’t just paperwork, but actually a legal obligation. As such, tax controls can be very stressful if you don’t really know about them.

Filing corporate accounts is a legal obligation in France. As such, in order to avoid any legal trouble, you should always make sure that your company files them on time.
However, what happens to you, as director, if for one reason or another, you can’t make it?