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France · VAT compliance service

French VAT for foreign companies,
same team, same standard.

Registration with the French tax office for foreign businesses (SIEE), every monthly VAT return (CA3), and every letter answered. Run in-house by the same licensed German-French tax firm, through the same English dashboard. You confirm your figures each month; our team prepares, reviews and files.

Also need German VAT? Same team, one dashboard

France at a glance
Tax office SIEE
Monthly return CA3
Registration time 2 to 3 months
Annual return None in France
Month with no sales Nil return, included
All-in price €1,899 / year

Registration included in the annual plan. First charge at signup.

Before you buy · eligibility

Where your company is established matters in France.

France requires companies established outside the EU in a country without a mutual-assistance agreement with France, for example the United States, China, Hong Kong, Switzerland or Israel, to appoint a fiscal representative who becomes jointly liable for their VAT. That is a role we do not take, so we cannot register those companies for French VAT.

If that is you
  • Our German VAT service has no such requirement.
  • For B2C sales into France without French stock, the Union OSS scheme may cover you without a French registration.
Ask us which applies →
Who needs this

French stock and French customers both create the obligation.

The trigger is the same shape as Germany. Where your goods sit, and who you sell to, decides whether France needs you registered.

Stock in a French warehouse

Pan-EU fulfilment moves inventory across borders. Once your goods are stored in France, French VAT registration follows from the first sale.

Marketplace asked for a French VAT number

Marketplaces check for a valid French number once they see French stock or French dispatch on your account.

Selling B2C above the EU threshold

For EU-established sellers, cross-border B2C sales above €10,000 a year need either OSS or a local registration; a company established outside the EU has no such threshold and owes destination VAT from the first sale. We tell you which fits your setup.

A letter from the French tax office

If the SIEE has written to you, the deadline is already running. Send it over and we read it before you sign anything.

What is included

Four things, every month, for one price.

The scope mirrors Germany: registration, then every routine monthly filing for the year. A month with no sales still gets its return; a nil return is mandatory in France and included. France has no annual VAT return; the year closes through the monthly cycle.

Outside the plan

Catch-up returns for periods before you joined are quoted per return. Written advisory beyond routine filing questions is billed from €200 per hour. Both are quoted before any work starts.

01

Registration

We prepare and submit your dossier to the French tax office for foreign businesses (SIEE), with the supporting company documents France asks for, and handle the activation code step when it arrives.

02

Monthly VAT return (CA3)

You confirm your figures, our team prepares the CA3, reviews it, and files it electronically on the date the French tax office sets for your business.

03

Tax office correspondence

Letters from the SIEE come to us, get read in French, and get answered. You see a plain English summary in the dashboard.

04

Deadline tracking

Every period is on a calendar before it opens, including the EC sales list (état récapitulatif) when you sell B2B across the EU.

How it works

From signup to first filing, honestly timed.

French registration realistically takes 2 to 3 months end to end, because France posts an activation code by letter before the online tax account works. We tell you that up front rather than surprise you in week six.

1
Day 1

You sign up

The same guided form as Germany, plus the company documents France asks for. About twenty minutes.

2
Within 48 hours

We file the dossier

We prepare and submit your registration to the SIEE. Your two signing tasks, the pre-filled ink mandates, follow shortly after.

3
1 to 3 months

France issues your VAT number

The tax office sets the pace here, and it varies widely. Then France posts an activation code for your online tax account, which adds another two to three weeks before the first return can be filed. We chase both and keep the status visible in your dashboard.

4
Every month

Your returns get filed

You confirm the figures, we prepare and file the monthly VAT return (CA3) on your assigned date.

The filing calendar

What gets filed in France, and how often.

Filing
Frequency
Prepared and filed by
Monthly VAT return (CA3)
Monthly
Our in-house team
EC sales list (état récapitulatif)
Monthly
Our in-house team
Nil return in a month with no sales
As it occurs
Our in-house team
Tax office correspondence
As it arrives
Read and answered by us

The French tax office sets your filing date when it registers you; we file to the date on your account and show it in the dashboard before the period opens. There is no annual VAT return in France, and a month with no sales still gets a mandatory nil return, included in the plan.

France pricing

Two ways in. Both plainly recurring.

Prices are net and recurring. First charge at signup. France carries more registration work than Germany, and the price reflects that honestly.

All-in · annual Registration included

You do not have a French VAT number yet.

€1,899 / year
Charged in full at signup, then every year.
  • VAT registration with the SIEE, including the activation code step
  • Every monthly VAT return (CA3) for the year
  • EC sales list (état récapitulatif)
  • Routine tax office correspondence
  • Nil returns included
Start French registration
Takeover · filing only

You already hold a French VAT number.

€130 / month
Or €1,450 / year, paid a year ahead.
  • Every monthly VAT return (CA3)
  • EC sales list (état récapitulatif)
  • Routine tax office correspondence
  • Deadline tracking in the dashboard
  • Handover from your current provider
Move my filings over
Both countries
Selling in Germany and France? One purchase covers both.

The two country plans together, billed yearly on one invoice. Two registrations, two filing calendars, one dashboard.

€3,398
per year, first charge at signup
See full pricing

Union OSS, EORI applications, catch-up returns and advisory sit on the pricing page as add-ons.

Correspondence

Letters arrive in French. You read them in English.

Everything the French tax office sends, from the activation code letter to a formal notice to file (mise en demeure), comes to us, gets read in French, and gets answered. Your dashboard shows a plain English summary of every letter and what we did about it.

Already holding a French tax letter you cannot read? Send it over and we quote a fixed price to deal with it, from €200 net, within 24 hours on weekdays. You pay nothing until you accept the quote.

Filing demanded Mise en demeure · formal notice to file
What it says The tax office says a monthly VAT return (CA3) is missing.
Response deadline 12 September 2026Verified
Penalty stated €1,500.00Verified
English translation Included

Automated translation and general information, not tax advice. Always check deadlines against the original letter.

France questions

No French company or address is needed. One thing does matter: where your company is established. EU and UK companies (and those in countries on France's mutual-assistance list, like Japan, India or Australia) can register directly through us. Companies established elsewhere, for example in the US, China or Hong Kong, are required by France to appoint a jointly liable fiscal representative, a role we do not take on, so we would tell you before any payment rather than after.

Realistically two to three months end to end, sometimes faster. The tax office takes one to three months to process the registration; after your number is issued, France posts an activation code for your online tax account, which adds two to three weeks before the first return can be filed. We chase every step and your dashboard shows exactly where you are.

Three things, and they are small: sign the two French mandates in ink (one on your own company letterhead), forward the activation code letter if the French tax office posts it to your address rather than ours, and sign the French direct-debit mandate and send it to your bank. France collects VAT by direct debit as standard, so returning that mandate quickly matters; until your bank confirms it, we confirm with you how any amount due is settled. Everything else is on us.

Maybe not. If your goods ship to French consumers from stock in Germany or elsewhere in the EU, your French VAT is usually declared through the One-Stop-Shop (OSS): EU companies from their home registration, non-EU companies via an EU member state such as Germany, with no French VAT number needed. A French registration becomes unavoidable when you hold stock IN France, for example in a French Amazon warehouse. Tell us your setup and we will say plainly which applies.

France allows quarterly CA3 returns when the VAT you pay per year stays under 4,000 euros. Above that it is monthly, which is where most active sellers land. Either way the returns are included in the plan; the frequency changes nothing about the price.

Registration, every monthly VAT return (CA3), the EC sales list (état récapitulatif) where it applies, and correspondence with the tax office. That is the full scope today.

No. France is a second country on the same service, run by the same team, on the same dashboard, with its own clear yearly price.

Yes. Both countries sit in one account and one dashboard, with a separate registration and filing calendar for each. One login, one team, one invoice.

You confirm your own figures. We prepare the return from what you confirm and file it with the French tax office.

Ready to register in France?

Same signup, same dashboard, same team that runs our German filings. Check the eligibility note above first if your company sits outside the EU.

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