French Administration Guides & Resources

Administrative French is written for consistency and precision, not reassurance. It prioritises clarity for internal processing rather than explanation for the individual. As a result, messages can feel abrupt or vague, even when nothing is wrong. Words that sound serious often describe routine steps, while genuinely important actions may be understated. Context matters more than tone.

Dealing with water leaks, in any form, is always a stressful experience. 

Winter is coming, and with it, a golden opportunity to redefine the way you work is, too.

We're here with some fresh updates focusing on seasonal worker visas and CDS.

When it comes to managing a business in France, understanding and complying with the country's intricate financial regulations can often seem like a daunting task. If you've not already, please read our overview of URSSAF declarations and social charges for auto entrepreneurs so you know a bit about what these are before reading this guide. This guide takes you on a detailed journey from creating an account to declaring your earnings and paying your social charges on URSSAF

This blog has been written to steer auto-entrepreneurs through their URSSAF declarations and social charges.

In France, many are turning away from traditional methods of employment and instead choosing the more flexible route of being self employed, or setting up their own company entirely. Self-employed individuals in France are essentially recognised as very small businesses. It seems ideal, being your own boss, scheduling your own hours and so on, but it can be tricky managing cash flow at the start, and there are two notable forms of help to make this period easier for self-emp

The Aster Coworking space offers hot desks, focus rooms and a meeting room – the perfect solution for digital professionals.

This blog is entirely focused on those working in the construction industry in France. If this is your area of expertise and you’re seeking out work, there are a huge number of opportunities available for tradesmen across the country in both rural France, the main cities, and in popular holiday destinations and resorts like Three Valleys where each summer the construction industry goes bonkers! There are three options for individual tradesmen looking for work in France. Simpl

A building Syndic isn’t some scary beast that lives in your basement - although it does sound like something straight out of Monsters Inc. Bare with us, whilst we explain… If you own an apartment, you’ll almost certainly have spaces that you share with your neighbours - likely corridors, car parks, caves, ski lockers and more. In France, these shared spaces are not owned by any one person in the building. They’re owned by a copropriété. This is a term for a collective of peop

The ongoing social, political and economic global changes have left us all fighting to take back control of what we can and make cost savings in any way we can. We’re facing huge economic upheaval and one of many hot topics of debate concerns the rise in energy prices. On November 19th 2022 various schemes for companies, communities and associates were presented in a bid to simplify and help with the rising prices. We want to present these to you, in an easy-to-digest way to

When it comes to working situations, every single person’s situation is different. From digital nomads travelling around the globe, to freelancers with a permanent base and those seeking out seasonal or year around work opportunities abroad. Whilst this applies everywhere, it’s particularly applicable in holiday destinations, like our base in The Alps. We’re in constant communication with individuals seeking out unique work opportunities - and managing the pile of paperwork t

If you’ve just arrived here - hi, welcome! Before you get stuck in, we recommend taking a few minutes to read our most recently posted blog all about ‘obligations for holiday lets and property rentals’ . This may answer some of the more generic questions you may have related to property rentals and will give you a good insight into the topic before we get going with the nitty gritty that is fiscal tax. In this resource blog we’ll be discussing fiscal options for property rent

We’re going to be kicking off our property month with a blog detailing the important information and obligations related to holiday lets and property rentals. In this resource document we’ll be covering the nitty gritty of rental, from what information is required on your contracts, to deposits, insurance requirements, taxes and tourist rental.

If you set yourself up as self-employed in France, you may remember having the option to tick the box ‘versement libératoire de l’impôt sur le revenue’. If you (more likely) have no idea what this means and whether you ticked it or not, it's a forfait amount on actual income rather than the normal monthly retention payment estimates based on previous years liability. Let’s dig a little deeper and make sure you feel really confident that you understand what this means, and how

Under French law, invoices submitted and paid in France must contain specific information about the French commercial code. We’ve summarised the contents required in 6 short, easily digestible chunks for you. 1. Personal & professional information on invoicing The following information is required on all invoices: Your name Your surname Your ‘Entreprise Individuelle’ or ‘EI’ Your telephone number Your website (if you have one) Your email address Your SIRET registration numbe

Today we’re talking to our clients or individuals who are thinking about going through the visa ‘entrepreneur’ application. You should come away from this blog feeling confident in writing a business plan as part of your visa journey. Of course, we’re hoping this will be a helpful resource in writing a business plan even if you’re not applying for this specific visa, but know the information is skewed to those who know what they have to offer but don’t know what the French au

Pre-Brexit many UK citizens took for granted (or likely didn’t even think about) moving freely between European countries. Since Brexit, job availability, visa applicability and even those just after a long holiday have been monumentally impacted. There’s no way we could cram explaining all of those impacts into one blog. We’ll be going into more detail in due course about the different impacts of Brexit to different audiences. Today, we’re specifically talking to those who a

Registering as self-employed in France can be complicated if you don’t speak French or know the administrative procedures to follow. In this article, we’ll explain the jargon and the steps you need to go through to register yourself as self-employed. Registering as self-employed in France used to be called becoming an auto-entrepreneur. This has now changed to the status of micro-entrepreneur. Becoming a micro-entrepreneur is designed to make it easy for people to set themsel