Practical information on setting up your business in France

LEGAL STRUCTURES

  • Setting up a company
  • Contracts between a parent company and its subsidiary
  • Leasing business premises

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

  • Assistance linked to location
  • Assistance unrelated to location

TAXATION

  • Taxable income
  • Rate and calculation of corporate income tax
  • Repatriation of profits
  • Regulations of special interest to foreign companies
  • Value-added tax and customs duty
  • Local tax

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

  • Activities concerned by environmental regulations
  • Liability
  • Subsidies and tax incentives

EMPLOYMENT REGULATIONS

  • Labor relations in France
  • Profit-sharing
  • Flexible working hours
  • Fixed-term contracts bring flexibility
  • Social security in France

ACCOUNTING PROCEDURES

  • Accounting procedures
  • Accounting and publication of accounts

EXPATRIATE STAFF

  • Immigration formalities
  • Relation between expatriates and their employer
  • Choice of healthcare and social security system
  • Personal tax liabilities of expatriate staff

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

  • International trade
  • Customs duties and procedures
  • Customs duties

INDUSTRIAL & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

For further information on these various areas, we invite you to consult the French Government Agency for International Investment site

Team Côte d'Azur is a member of French International Enterprise Development Association (FRIEND).