INSIGHTS & ANSWERS
Everything you need to navigate your France-US expansion with absolute clarity.
At what activity threshold must a French subsidiary appoint a statutory auditor (commissaire aux comptes)? For a U.S. company setting up a French subsidiary (most often a SAS), it’s important to know when a statutory audit becomes mandatory, both for compliance and for governance. In France, audits aren’t limited to public companies. They’re mainly [...]
What are the pitfalls and best practices for managing inventory and fixed assets between US and French accounting systems? Managing physical assets (inventory and fixed assets) is a major point of friction when consolidating a French subsidiary’s accounts (PCG) into group standards (US GAAP or IFRS). Methodological and tax divergences between the two systems [...]
In SaaS/services, when does having remote French employees trigger a local tax obligation for the US company? The rise of global remote work presents a significant international tax risk for US companies: the potential inadvertent creation of a Permanent Establishment (PE) in France. A PE grants France the right to tax a portion of [...]
Cash flow mechanisms: repatriating funds from a US subsidiary to a French parent company The repatriation of profits or excess cash is a key stage in international financial management. The challenge lies in securing the flow of liquidity back to France while ensuring compliance with local and international tax regulations to avoid double taxation. [...]
How to adapt French business culture to the values and communication practices of a US scale-up? Integrating a French team into the fast-paced, highly metrics-driven culture of a US scale-up is one of the biggest challenges during expansion. Cultural misalignment often leads to misunderstandings, delayed execution, and high employee turnover. The key is not [...]
What are the tax specifics of R&D and tax credits (CIR/CII) for a French subsidiary funded by its US parent company? France offers one of the world's most generous systems for supporting innovation: the Research Tax Credit (CIR) and the Innovation Tax Credit (CII). For a French subsidiary funded by its American parent company, [...]
Are you used to collaborating with venture capital or private equity funds during expansion phases? Yes, collaboration with Venture Capital (VC) funds and private investors is an integral part of our advisory practice. Since our clientele consists mainly of fast-growing scale-ups and fund-backed companies, our role naturally extends beyond basic accounting and tax compliance. [...]
How to ensure accounting compliance when billing between foreign group entities? Billing between entities within the same corporate group (subsidiaries, parent companies, branches) is common, but it is subject to rigorous accounting and tax obligations, primarily for reasons of transparency and transfer pricing. Ensuring compliance goes beyond simply issuing an invoice; it requires impeccable [...]
Legal advice: common mistakes scale-ups make when expanding into Europe Europe represents a massive market opportunity for US scale-ups, but its legal fragmentation is frequently underestimated. The primary error is assuming that a "one-size-fits-all" legal strategy (based on the US experience) will apply across the continent. Here are the most frequent legal pitfalls encountered [...]
Do you manage international logistics between France and the US? 1. International logistics management: our positioning International logistics, covering freight transportation, inventory management, and customs operations, is a highly specialized field. At Orbiss, our core expertise is focused on the financial, tax, HR, and legal aspects of your transatlantic expansion. We do not directly [...]
