Hmm, News to me, sounds good - no corporation tax on first 11K -in fact sounds too good to be true…
…and it was.
First 12570 of personal income can be tax free though - if earned in UK of course, not UK.
Interesting question and Polite thought - why wouldn’t all French entrepreneurs be setting up UK companies instead of the French equivalent?
Thinking further, the company would have to pay the UK company maintenance fees etc, the French employer taxes and the company maintenance overhead - not massive, granted. You might benefit through dividends - but 19% corporation tax and then whatever France tax on dividends on top - don’t know. And as you mention, small earnings whether company or self employed… you could do the numbers if you check out the sites and the rates?
And mind you, paying the appropriate level of ‘UK salary’ would give you a years UK pension credit - there’s been threads here about whether the France pension system is less ‘benefiting’. And it would be interesting whether the UK company salary wouldn’t count for a pension credit if you lived in France - I haven’t seen anything which suggests otherwise.
I wish you good luck in your endeavours, decisions eh…
Dear Larkswood, thank you for your kind message…I love this site.
I booked a meeting with a french accountant and he will explain everything to me…he deals with this sort of scenario all the time and most interesting he has a uk limited company for a separate business while he lives in France so will be an interesting chat lol.
Thank you for your message again
Also even if there are benefit having a uk limited company, well most people from France wouldn’t know unless they lived in uk and if you did not i guess would take too much time and effort to understand…people always feel safe to do things back home obviously.
Thank you
Absolutely but like Ben says we can get different opinions from various accountancy firms so anyone here should look carefully before making any decisions.
I think for small earners not worth it to keep a uk limited company and possibly better to start a new one here or just register as a solo trader i think but for anyone with high earning ( sadly not my case lol) worth too look into it…Amazon and Starbucks are the proof lol
Thank you Karen for your message
Isn’t it also that when you have a UK company but the actual admin is done from France, according to the EU law this UK company is considered to be domiciled in France and has to pay also its corporate taxes in France, not in UK?
For example, in Germany, this is the case and — because there’s no separate agreement between UK and Germany — they would also treat this UK Ltd not as a company but as a person (sole trader) in their law, which implies even higher rate of tax as you have to pay not only the profit tax in Germany but also the social contributions.
Can somebody elaborate if it’s the same in France?
Hello to all! I would like to know what the accountant with a UK LTD company said. I am the owner of a LTD non-resident company in the UK. Just arrived in France and had a daughter (I am Mexican and my wife is French).
Following extensive and thorough research, I am sure that I am not required to pay personal taxes in the UK. Instead, I need to pay taxes both for my LTD and personally in France.
I am in the how to pay taxes in Franse phase … Weird situation because I have my books in UK and in English…
Hello, go and see your local hôtel des impôts. Go with your wife as she is French she should know about it and be able to help you, you will be taxed as a unit anyway.
@Pat99 What did that French accountant with a UK ltd accountant say? And if possible if they were good I would love to get their details and know their price. Thanks so much for any and all feedback. Best, Andrea.
