France's tax system is complex with many deadlines, and mistakes are costly. HY Conseil handles all your filings, flags key dates, and optimises your burden using the France-China treaty — making compliance effortless.

Policy background

Withholding at source (2019) did not remove the annual return: it's only a prepayment, settled each summer. The first return must be on paper to create your tax file; online becomes mandatory after.

Foreign accounts (form 3916) are a major audit focus: €1,500 minimum fine per omitted account. The bilateral treaty allocates taxing rights — everything starts from tax residency.

Who it's for

  • Residents who must file income tax
  • Freelancers and company owners
  • Tax residents with foreign income
  • Businesses near or above the VAT threshold

What's included

Income tax (IR) returnURSSAF & social filingsVAT returnsCFE / IS corporate taxCross-border tax & treatiesDeadline reminders & year-round follow-up

How it works

  1. Diagnosis — Review your income, status and filing history.
  2. Collection — Gather and check income and expense evidence.
  3. Filing — Submit by category and compute due / refund.
  4. Follow-up & optimisation — Handle tax-office exchanges, plan next year.

Common pitfalls

⚠️ Assuming withholding is enough — No return means no tax notice (needed for permits and loans) and default assessment at the worst rate.
⚠️ Hiding foreign accounts — Accounts linked to WeChat Pay or Alipay are in scope. Each omission is fined separately.
⚠️ Misclassified first-year income — A category error propagates year after year and gets costlier to fix.
⚠️ Outdated household — Marriage, birth, separation change your household and rate — report within 60 days.

Documents needed

  • Identity and residence details
  • Annual income evidence / payslips
  • Foreign income and account details
  • Deductible expense evidence
  • Company accounts (if applicable)
  • Prior tax notices (if any)
🕑Timeline & notes：Income-tax season runs April–June; corporate tax follows quarterly / annual cycles.

Why HY Conseil

  • 10 years, 600+ cases — residence, company, tax and social covered by one team
  • Milestone tracking: automatic alerts at day -150 / -45 / -30, progress visible anytime
  • Bilingual consultants who know the counters — a complete file first time
  • Transparent fees, key steps notified, full archive delivered at closing
  • GDPR compliant, documents encrypted and hosted in France
Next step

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