Samuel HAYOT
Chartered Accountant
The AI Act regulates AI across the Union. Prohibited risk, high risk, transparency: what French businesses must organise in 2026, with the timeline and penalties.
When a French company cannot pay its taxes or social contributions on time, a payment plan is possible. Complete 2026 guide: DGFiP instalment request, URSSAF repayment plan, conditions, documents and key risks.
Paris hosts one of Europe's strongest startup ecosystems — Station F, Bpifrance, deep tech accelerators. But building a startup here requires structural decisions from day one: legal entity, BSPCE warrants, JEI qualification, R&D tax credits, cap table design. This guide covers the key financial and accounting decisions for founders launching or accelerating a startup in Paris in 2026.
French Plan de Sauvegarde de l'Emploi (PSE / mass redundancy plan): 6 missions of the CSE chartered accountant, 6-step legal calendar, 2026 fee ranges (25 to 150 k EUR HT), and a real case study where 44% of threatened jobs were preserved.
No sponsored rankings. How to evaluate an online accountant offer in France in 2026: Order registration, engagement letter scope, dedicated contact, tools, real pricing and support during a tax audit.
Breach of trust (abus de confiance) under French criminal law: legal definition, applicable penalties, limitation period, evidence to secure and practical steps before filing a complaint with the police or the public prosecutor.
OCR, open-banking bank reconciliation, automated payment chasing, and France's mandatory e-invoicing from September 2026: how to automate your accounting without sacrificing control — and what software cannot replace your chartered accountant for.
Sole proprietorship, EURL or SASU: which status for a taxi driver and which taxation (BIC, corporate tax, 10% VAT, fuel excise, social cover)? Our 2026 read.
Eligibility conditions, 5% add-back, 95% exemption and pitfalls to avoid: the complete 2026 guide to the French parent-subsidiary régime for executives and groups.
Shareholder disagreement, abuse of majority, abuse of minority, deadlocked AGM: which sequence of legal, tax and operational actions should you trigger in less than 30 days to protect a French company without paralysing it? The chartered accountant's playbook.
Mandatory statutory expertise or optional free expertise? Side-by-side comparison of the two CSE expert audit regimes: financing, scope, deadlines, procedure, fees. 2026 decision guide for elected members.
Goldman Sachs Paris presence, investment banking services and what SME leaders can learn for their own financial strategy, M&A preparation, fundraising and business disposal readiness.
Artificial intelligence has moved well beyond conference-hall hype and into live accounting workflows across French firms. Invoice capture, bank reconciliation, anomaly detection and cash-flow forecasting all deliver measurable gains — but the EU AI Act and GDPR set firm boundaries that practitioners cannot ignore.
Our independent 2026 review of Pennylane, written by our chartered accountant (expert-comptable) practice: an analysis of the accounting, invoicing, banking, payroll and forecasting modules, real all-in pricing, lessons from client files, and an honest assessment of which business profiles benefit most — and which do not. Updated May 2026.
Personal data, cookies, GDPR rights and mandatory notices: what should a confidentiality policy contain in 2026?
SaaS pricing 2026: the 5 models (per-seat, usage-based, tiered, freemium, value-based), 70-85% gross margin target, NRR > 110%, rule of 40, IFRS 15, EU OSS VAT, CIR/JEI. Cabinet Hayot Expertise framework in Paris.
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