Hayot Expertise is a French chartered accounting firm working entirely in English with international businesses, French subsidiaries of foreign groups and scale-ups. Statutory accounting, IFRS bridge, payroll, VAT, R&D tax credit and audit sign-off — same firm, same English-speaking partner.
Our hub is built for companies that already have — or are creating — a legal entity in France. We work in English daily with foreign groups, scale-ups and bilingual founders. Individual expat personal-tax matters (US-France treaty, FBAR) sit in our dedicated practice.
You are a US, UK, German, Swiss or Israeli group launching a SAS, SARL or branch in France. We handle incorporation at the Greffe, VAT registration, social contributions onboarding (URSSAF, AGS) and the first English-reported closing — all coordinated with your global CFO and legal counsel.
See entity setupSeries A to C with founders or boards based outside France. We manage statutory accounting, payroll for French and impatriate employees, R&D tax credit (CIR up to 30%), VAT one-stop-shop and quarterly board packs. Pennylane multi-entity views give your finance team live consolidation data.
Explore startup supportYou run a French SAS, holding or family office whose shareholders, directors or auditors operate in English. We deliver every deliverable in both French and English: statutory accounts, board packs, transfer-pricing memos, year-end auditor coordination — without translation gaps or duplicated work.
Holding & investor reportingEvery deliverable comes in both French (for legal filings) and English (for your group, board and auditors).
Bookkeeping under French GAAP (PCG), monthly closings, annual statutory accounts (liasse fiscale 2065), filing at the Greffe — explained in English so your parent company and auditors stay in control.
Reconciliation French GAAP → IFRS or US GAAP, monthly reporting packs in your group template, intercompany eliminations, multi-currency views. We talk directly with your group controller.
French VAT registration, intra-EU OSS/IOSS returns, corporate tax (IS) optimisation, transfer-pricing documentation aligned with OECD guidelines, withholding tax on dividends and royalties.
Payslips, DPAE, employment contracts, BSPCE plans, payroll for impatriate executives (article 155 B CGI), expat health & retirement schemes, redundancy modelling — full English documentation.
Eligibility review for CIR (30% of R&D spend) and CII for SMEs, dossier preparation, defence in case of tax audit, JEI / Young Innovative Company status. Particularly relevant for tech and biotech subsidiaries.
When your French entity exceeds the audit thresholds, our CRCC-registered auditor signs off your accounts — same firm, same English-speaking partner, no hand-off to a third party.
Most French firms hand you a French-GAAP balance sheet and let you do the bridging. We don't. Your monthly close lands in your group template, in your reporting standard, with the footnotes and intercompany breakdown your global CFO expects.
We talk directly with your group controller, not through a translator. Quarterly board calls in English are part of the engagement — same partner, no escalation chain.
Group reporting template
We map French GAAP accounts to your group P&L, balance sheet and cash-flow lines from day one.
IFRS / US GAAP bridge
Lease accounting (IFRS 16), revenue recognition (IFRS 15 / ASC 606), goodwill — explicit reconciliation memo each close.
Multi-currency P&L
Pennylane multi-entity and multi-currency views give your finance team live consolidation data.
Intercompany & transfer pricing
Documented management fees, royalties, cost-plus arrangements aligned with OECD guidelines.
Auditor coordination
We deal directly with PwC, EY, KPMG, Deloitte, Mazars and Grant Thornton on your group audit requests.
If you set up a French SAS or moved to Paris as an executive, the impatriate regime (article 155 B of the French Tax Code) can exempt up to 50% of your impatriation premium from income tax for eight years. We handle the company side: payroll, BSPCE plans, dividends, social contributions on directors' salaries.
Personal tax filings (US Form 1040, FBAR, FATCA, UK self-assessment) are handled by partner firms we coordinate with — or our dedicated practice for US clients in Paris.
Concrete example
Impatriate director, €240k base salary + €60k impatriation premium:
From discovery call to first English close pack in five working days.
Calendly call in English with Samuel Hayot. We map your group structure, fiscal year, parent reporting requirements and confirm we are the right fit before quoting.
Fixed-fee proposal in English (or French + English) detailing scope, deliverables, SLA and review cadence. No hidden hourly billing surprises.
Pennylane and Dext set-up, banking integrations, recovery of historical accounts, introductions to URSSAF / DGFiP / Greffe contacts, payroll cut-over.
English monthly close pack, quarterly board call with your group controller, annual statutory accounts, year-round Slack / email support under 24h.
All packages are fixed-fee and exclude VAT (20%). No hidden hourly billing.
from €390 / month
New French subsidiary, < €500k revenue, 0–5 employees
from €890 / month
Scale-up, €0.5–10M revenue, 5–30 employees
on quote
Multi-entity French perimeter, > €10M revenue or > 30 employees
Calendar-year entities — adjust by ±1 month for fiscal-year filers.
15 January 2027
CFE (local business tax) instalment
3 May 2027
Corporate tax return (liasse fiscale 2065) — calendar-year entities
15 May 2027
Annual accounts deposit at the Greffe (Tribunal de Commerce)
20th of each month
VAT return (régime réel normal)
Quarterly
Transfer-pricing documentation review
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No — we are a French chartered accounting firm registered with the Order of Chartered Accountants (OEC Paris–IDF) and the National Auditor body (CRCC). This is the European equivalent of a CPA practice and is the qualification recognised by the French tax authorities to sign your statutory accounts.
Yes. We produce a monthly bridge between French GAAP and your group reporting standard (IFRS, US GAAP or a custom group template). We talk directly with your group controller and deliver the pack inside Pennylane or as Excel exports.
We sign and file the statutory accounts in French (legal requirement at the Tribunal de Commerce) and provide the English version of every deliverable for internal use, board approval and parent reporting.
Five working days for a clean set-up: discovery call, engagement letter, Pennylane and Dext configuration, banking integrations, payroll cut-over. If we recover historical accounts from another firm, count two to four weeks for the full migration.
Yes. We coordinate the SAS, SARL or branch creation with the Greffe, draft the bylaws in French (with English translation), file the immatriculation, set up the share-capital bank account and register the company for VAT and social contributions.
Yes. Impatriate executives can benefit from up to 50% income-tax exemption on their impatriation premium for eight years. We model the saving, run the dedicated payslips and produce the documentation required by the tax authorities.
Yes. A senior bilingual accountant owns your file, supported by a back-up partner. You always reach the same person on Slack, Teams or email — no rotating call-centre, no junior handoffs.
Our packages start at €390 per month for a new subsidiary and scale to €1,890+ per month for groups with parent-reporting and audit requirements. Pricing is fixed-fee, agreed upfront in writing, with no hourly surprises.
Yes. We are a Pennylane Premium partner and integrate Dext for receipt capture, Stripe / Mollie / Adyen for revenue, Qonto / Revolut / BNP for banking, and Spendesk / Pleo / Ramp for expense management.
Yes. We prepare the documentation requested by the French tax authorities, attend the meetings on your behalf, and negotiate the closing position. Two of our clients went through full corporate-tax audits in 2025 with €0 reassessment.
Our hub serves businesses with a French legal entity. For individual expat tax matters (US-France treaty, FBAR, FATCA, ITIN), we run a dedicated practice — see our Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Paris US-clients page.
Our main office is at 58 rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris — five minutes from Monceau and Courcelles métro stations. We welcome in-person meetings and also work with clients fully remotely across France, Europe and the US.
Book a 30-minute discovery call. No obligation, no slide deck — we map your group setup, confirm we are the right fit and quote a fixed fee.
58 rue de Monceau, 75008 Paris · 06 51 47 43 92
Chartered Accountant, registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Regulated French accounting and audit firm based in Paris 8, built to support companies across France with a digital and decision-oriented approach.
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