Deel – Manage Your International Payroll with Hayot Expertise

Deel is today the leading platform for companies with employees scattered across the globe. Whether you manage foreign freelancers, expatriate employees, local workers abroad or international contractors, Deel centralizes all payroll, compliance and HR processes in a single tool — across more than 150 countries.

At Hayot Expertise, a chartered accounting firm in Paris, we support French and international companies that want to leverage Deel to structure their global expansion. Our expertise combines deep technical mastery of the tool with thorough knowledge of French labor law, international employment law and cross-border tax obligations.

1.1 The Problem Deel Solves

Hiring or paying someone in another country is a complex operation:

• ▸Each country has its own employment contracts, collective agreements and termination rules.
• ▸Social contributions, withholding taxes and tax declarations vary from one territory to another.
• ▸Multiplying local providers (lawyers, accountants, HR agencies) makes coordination expensive and inefficient.

Deel was designed to solve these problems by providing a complete infrastructure, legally structured in every country where the platform operates.

1.2 Deel's Key Modules

• ▸Deel Payroll: Local payroll processing in 90+ countries, with automatic calculation of social charges, taxes and pay slips compliant with local regulations.
• ▸Deel EOR (Employer of Record): Become the official employer of your foreign employees without creating a local entity. Deel is the legal employer; you retain managerial control.
• ▸Deel Contractor: Contract and payment management for your international freelancers and independent contractors, with GDPR and legal compliance in every jurisdiction.
• ▸Deel HR: An integrated global HRIS to manage documents, onboarding, offboarding and HR data for all your teams worldwide.
• ▸Deel Immigration: Visa and work permit management, with local partners in the main destinations (EU, USA, UK, Canada, Australia...).
• ▸Deel Equity: Attribution and management of stock options and restricted stock units for international teams, with local tax compliance.

2.1 Rare Expertise at the Intersection of HR Tools and International Accounting

Implementing Deel is not something you improvise. The tool is powerful, but its deployment raises specific questions that only experienced professionals can address:

• ▸Which legal structure to adopt for hiring abroad: EOR (Employer of Record), local entity, international secondment?
• ▸How to integrate Deel flows into your French accounting (payroll journal entries, intragroup re-billing, currency management)?
• ▸What are the tax implications of shadow payroll, bilateral tax treaties or the tax residence of your foreign employees?
• ▸How to reconcile Deel with your accounting tool (Pennylane, Sage, Cegid, Odoo) to avoid duplicates and errors?

At Hayot Expertise, we answer all these questions and handle the full end-to-end implementation.

2.2 Our Deel Support Package

Phase 1 – Audit and Scoping We analyze your current situation: countries concerned, types of collaborators (employees, freelancers, expats), risk of reclassification, declaratory obligations. We propose an optimal organizational structure.

Phase 2 – Configuration and Deployment We configure Deel according to your needs: payroll plan by country, compliance rules, contract templates, integrations with your accounting and HR stack (Pennylane, Silae, PayFit, HubSpot, Slack...).

Phase 3 – Monthly Supervision Each month, our team controls payroll runs, verifies bulletin compliance, validates social and tax declarations and reconciles data with your accounting.

Phase 4 – Ongoing Strategic Advice Expanding to a new country? New international hire? Question about an employee's status? Our team supports you in real time.

Book a meeting with Samuel Hayot for a free diagnosis of your international situation and discover how Deel can transform your global HR management.

3.1 Hypergrowth Startups

You've raised funds and you're recruiting fast, in France and abroad. Your first developers are in Barcelona, Warsaw or Nairobi. With Deel EOR, you can onboard an employee in 48 hours in most countries without creating a local entity — which would take 3 to 6 months and cost tens of thousands of euros.

Hayot Expertise integrates these hires into your French accounting and handles intra-EU VAT, intragroup re-billing and consolidation questions.

3.2 SMEs and Mid-Caps Expanding Internationally

You're opening an office in Dubai, Singapore or the United States. Rather than immediately creating a subsidiary and hiring a local accountant, Deel + Hayot Expertise offers you a fast, controlled intermediate solution. We manage the transition until your volume justifies a local structure.

3.3 Foreign Companies Establishing in France

Are you an American, British, Canadian or Asian company looking to hire in France without creating a French subsidiary? Deel EOR France lets you legally employ French workers. Hayot Expertise acts as the reference accountant for the French accounting and tax aspects: URSSAF declarations, DSN, tax returns, VAT.

3.4 International Groups with French Entities

Are you the CFO or HR director of a multinational group that owns a French entity? Deel can centralize all your global payrolls, including France. We ensure French-side compliance and the interface with your group consolidator.

3.5 Freelancers and Independents Working for Foreign Clients

Are you a freelance consultant in France billing clients in Europe, North America or Asia? Deel Contractor simplifies your contracts and payments. Hayot Expertise helps you manage VAT on intra-EU and non-EU B2B services, and optimize your tax structure.

4.1 French Payroll Is One of the World's Most Complex

French labor law is renowned for its complexity: over 500 collective agreements, strict termination rules, high social contributions (employer + employee), the DSN (Déclaration Sociale Nominative), mandatory provident insurance, complementary health insurance, meal vouchers...

Even though Deel handles payroll in 90+ countries, French specificities require local expertise. This is precisely where Hayot Expertise comes in: we are the guarantors of the compliance of French payslips produced or controlled via Deel.

4.2 Deel ↔ French Chartered Accountant Integration

The added value of our firm lies in connecting Deel to your French accounting ecosystem:

4.3 Tax Treaties and Double Taxation

When your employees work across France and another country, tax residence and bilateral treaty questions arise. Hayot Expertise supports you to:

• ▸Determine the tax residence country of each collaborator
• ▸Apply the correct tax treaty (France-USA, France-UK, France-Germany, etc.)
• ▸Avoid double taxation or subsequent tax audits
• ▸Manage "shadow payroll" when part of the salary is taxable in two countries

For French companies with international ambitions, Deel is the most relevant solution, and Hayot Expertise is your expert partner to unlock its full value.

Hayot Expertise is not just a local firm. We support:

• ▸Startups raising funds and recruiting worldwide
• ▸Foreign entrepreneurs establishing in France (company creation in Paris)
• ▸International groups looking for a reference accountant in France (accounting expertise Paris)
• ▸Freelancers and consultants based in France working for global clients (freelance accountant)
• ▸Outsourced CFOs for growing SMEs/mid-caps (outsourced CFO)

Our payroll and HR services cover the full complexity of French labor law, including in international contexts. We work in close coordination with Deel teams and with local partners in key countries to offer you a complete service.

Deel integrates natively with many tools we master:

• ▸Pennylane: Export payroll journal entries directly into your French accounting, automatic reconciliation
• ▸Silae: For firms using Silae alongside Deel, we manage the Deel/Silae articulation for French employees
• ▸PayFit: If you use PayFit for your French employees and Deel for international staff, we manage both flows
• ▸Odoo: Synchronize HR and payroll data between Deel and your ERP
• ▸Slack, Notion, HubSpot: Native integrations for notifications and HR tracking

Is Hayot Expertise an official Deel partner? We are a chartered accounting firm that recommends and deploys Deel as part of our missions. We support our clients in setting up, configuring and daily use of the platform, ensuring the interface with their French accounting and legal obligations.

Can we use Deel if we already have an accountant for France? Absolutely. We can work alongside your current firm for international aspects, or take full responsibility for your French and international accounting. In all cases, our involvement is fluid and non-intrusive.

What is the cost of Deel? Deel offers transparent pricing: from $49/month/employee for EOR and $35/month for contractors. These costs should be compared to the cost of creating local entities and hiring local accountants in each country. In virtually all cases, the ROI is positive from the very first employee abroad.

How do we handle VAT with foreign contractors paid via Deel Contractor? This is a key question. If your contractor is established in the EU, VAT is generally reverse-charged (Art. 44 of the VAT Directive). Outside the EU, specific rules apply depending on the nature of the service. Hayot Expertise analyzes each case and guarantees the VAT compliance of your international payments.

Does Deel handle stock options for international teams? Yes, via the Deel Equity module. We support startups and scale-ups who want to implement stock option plans (BSPCE, AGA, ISO, NSO...) for their global teams, ensuring tax compliance in each country concerned.

How long does it take to deploy Deel with Hayot Expertise? In general, the initial configuration takes 1 to 2 weeks depending on the complexity of your organization. The first international payroll run can be operational in less than a month.