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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 [...]
Bridging the GAAP: Managing Inventory and Fixed Assets Between the U.S. and France Anyone who has tried to close the books on a Franco-American group knows the frustration of reconciling numbers that simply do not match. A profit recorded in Paris often becomes a discrepancy in Delaware. Furthermore, an asset fully depreciated under French [...]
When Does Hiring in France Trigger a Corporate Tax Bill? For most U.S. SaaS founders, the European expansion story starts with a single hire. It might be a sales lead in Paris or an engineer in Lyon. Initially, it feels like a simple staffing decision. However, under international tax law, it can quickly become [...]
Sending Money Home: How to Repatriate Cash from a U.S. Subsidiary to a French Parent At some point, a successful U.S. operation generates a positive challenge: more cash than the subsidiary needs. Consequently, the French parent company naturally wants to recover these funds. While the wire transfer itself is simple, the tax consequences are [...]
Bridging the Gap: How to Integrate French Teams into a U.S. Scale-Up Culture Most U.S. founders treat cultural integration as a "soft" problem. They assume it works itself out once everyone is on Slack and aligned on OKRs. However, France tends to disabuse them of that notion quickly. The friction is rarely about a [...]
Maximizing French R&D Tax Credits: A Guide for U.S. Parent Companies France runs one of the most generous R&D incentive programs in the world. For a U.S. company with a French engineering team, this represents a massive opportunity. Specifically, the CIR tax credit (Crédit d'Impôt Recherche) can return 30% of eligible R&D expenses against [...]
Bridging the Atlantic: Navigating VC and PE During Global Expansion For most high-growth scale-ups, global expansion and fundraising happen simultaneously. You are likely raising capital while hiring in a new country. Consequently, you must convince investors that international complexity is a sign of momentum rather than a distraction. However, that pitch becomes much harder [...]
Cross-Border Intercompany Billing: A Guide to Staying Compliant Intercompany billing between a U.S. parent and its European subsidiary often feels like a simple internal matter. After all, the money stays within the same corporate group and everyone is on the same team. However, tax authorities see things very differently. These transactions are among the [...]
Expanding to Europe: 4 Legal Pitfalls That Can Sink a U.S. Scale-Up There is a version of European expansion that goes smoothly. This path involves the right entity structure, local counsel, and compliance foundations before the first hire. However, most U.S. scale-ups experience a different reality. They move fast on the commercial side while [...]
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 [...]
