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Kbis in hand, the work is not over: releasing the capital, tax and VAT regime, insurance, beneficial owners, an approved e-invoicing platform and the first hire. The dated checklist for your first 30 days.
SELAS or SELARL for a regulated liberal profession in France: manager's social security status, dividends and the 10% threshold, BNC taxation of partners, opening the capital and an illustrative simulation.
Launching an online store in France in 2026: which status fits your margin, the €85,000 VAT exemption, the €10,000 EU threshold and OSS, legal notices, terms of sale, withdrawal right, mediator and Stripe or PayPal receipts.
Company name, trade name, shop sign, trademark, domain name: what each sign means in France, where it is recorded, how to check availability, protect it with the INPI and change it without disputes.
Side activity as a micro-entrepreneur, part-time for business creation for 3 years renewable once, leave to start a business, mutual termination made permanent in 2026: the routes open to French public employees and the structure for each.
Starting a business as a student in France in 2026: the student-entrepreneur status (SNEE, PEPITE, D2E), micro-enterprise or company, effects on the grant, the parents' tax household, the Caf, and aid such as the ACRE.
Starting or buying a business after 50 in France: ARE and ARCE by age (55 and 57), pension quarters by status, legal retirement age after the reform suspension, assets and director pay.
Required qualification, choice of legal status, real cost structure and break-even calculation: how to frame a hair or beauty salon project in France before signing the lease.
Variable capital lets partners enter and leave without amending the articles or filing at the registry. Variability clause, floor capital, withdrawal right: a comparison with fixed capital and decision criteria for 2026.
2026 flat-rate legal notice fees by company form, mandatory content, publication certificate and the mistakes to avoid before registering your company.
The corporate purpose is a mandatory clause in the articles of association. Drafted too narrowly, it forces a statutory amendment for every new activity. Too broad, it worries banks and partners. Here is how to strike the right balance, with drafting examples.
Since 1 January 2023, every company formation goes through the INPI one-stop shop. How filing works, the documents to gather and the errors that put an application on hold.
How to draft an approval clause in a French SAS to control the entry of new shareholders: scope, deciding body, the seller's voting right, deadlines, refusal and the sanction for breach.
Image, market, Paris CFE at 16.52%: why register your registered office in the capital, and the pitfalls of a prestige address disconnected from real activity. Our accountant's view.
Registry fees, beneficial owners, legal notice, support: the real budget for setting up a French company in 2026, line by line, beyond the headline 0 € offers. Clear ranges by structure (SAS, SASU, SARL, EURL) and by scenario.
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