Accounting
Financial statement preparation and review
Regular, accurate bookkeeping is the backbone of a successful business. It provides you with real-time financial indicators of your company’s performance and reduces the risk of tax adjustments and penalties.
This is at the core of our mission as chartered accountants, and we are aware of how important it is for you. This is why we are constantly refining our work methods and tools in order to provide you with the best possible service.
We also believe that it is important for our clients to stay informed, so we regularly consult tax, accounting, and property news. We share useful reports with you in both Chinese and French on our social media accounts (WeChat, LinkedIn, Google, etc.).
We offer the following services :
Preparation of annual financial statements
Balance sheets and year-end financial statements
Setting up a dashboard
(forecasts, business costs, profitability threshold, etc.) and cash-flow monitoring tools to help you manage your business
Financial statement preparation and review
Support during tax or URSSAF audits
Tax declarations
Payroll and social security management
Given the complex, ever-changing, and demanding nature of labor regulations, you can delegate all or part of payroll management to us. Our team can support you in managing various payroll-related issues:
- Registering the company and its employees with the social security system
- Managing and issuing pay slips
- Social security declarations (DPAE, URSSAF, wage certificates for sick leave, etc.)
- Compiling work contracts
- Applying for temporary unemployment subsidies
- Support during audits by the social security system
Additionally, if you are a foreign company with no place of business in France that has salaried employees subject to the French social security regime, or if you have dispatched foreign workers to France (construction, fairs/events, etc.), we can offer you the following services
- Registering the foreign company with Cnfe
- Issuing pay slips
- Social security declarations
- Keeping records of mandatory documents
- Support during audits by the French Labor Inspectorate
Legal affairs
Company creation
We will guide you on selecting the corporate structure best suited to your activities when creating your company. We propose the following services:
- Meeting with you to help you select a legal status (independent contractor, employee, or self-employed); this is an important choice that determines the business owner’s tax and social security category
- Helping you open a bank account and preparing a business plan as needed
- Determining your legal address with the help of our partner
- Drafting legal documents
- Completing all the necessary administrative formalities to obtain the Kbis extract
We have extensive experience in helping foreign groups establish themselves in France, and we support them in opening their local offices (representative offices, subsidiaries, branches, etc.) and completing their French VAT registration.
Day-to-day management
Companies have certain annual legal obligations, including:
- holding a general assembly
- approving accounts
- filing annual accounts
- distributing income and dividends
- compiling a management report
But companies grow, and the following changes may impact day-to-day management:
- change of director
- relocation of headquarters
- expansion of corporate mission
- changes in share capital
- transfer of company shares
We offer you legal support to ensure that your company is compliant with its legal obligations.
Divisions
Import - Export
If your company performs commercial transactions (imports or exports) involving goods traveling between China and Europe while also being involved in intra-Community trade (acquisitions and shipments) within the EU, it will be subject to a growing number of complex tax and customs regulations.
CAA Expertise is an expert in VAT for international operations, and we can help you to:
- Safeguard your operations and lower the risks of tax adjustments
- Seize opportunities to increase cash flow
- Optimize business performance using mechanisms adapted to your flow of goods
