Accounting Cleanup in France
We fix the mess underneath your numbers so every report can be trusted. Delivered to Plan Comptable Général (PCG) for French businesses, priced in EUR.
Most French cleanups are PCG mapping failures dressed up as coding errors. Accounts opened outside the prescribed structure make the FEC export unusable, and TVA coded at a blended rate never reconciles to the CA3. We re-map the chart to PCG account numbers, correct the rate treatment transaction by transaction, and restate so the liasse fiscale can be built from the ledger.
Duplicate entries, a bloated chart of accounts, miscategorised transactions, unreconciled balances — cleanup is different from bookkeeping. We diagnose and repair the structural problems in your file so your financials become accurate, auditable, and investor-ready.
The deadlines we track against your ledger.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liasse fiscale (annual accounts and tax package) | Annual | Second business day after 1 May for companies with a 31 December year end | DGFiP |
| Déclaration de TVA (CA3)VAT-registered businesses on the régime réel normal | Monthly | Between the 15th and 24th of the following month, by company type and SIREN | DGFiP |
Last reviewed against the source . These are the standard dates. Extensions through a registered agent, a non-calendar year end, and volume-based filing frequencies all shift them — confirm your own dates with DGFiP. This is general information, not tax advice.
Accounting Cleanup deliverables
- Chart-of-accounts restructure
- Duplicate & error removal
- Re-categorisation of mis-coded transactions
- Reconciliation error correction
- Opening-balance and equity clean-up
Pennylane
France requires a certified, tamper-evident accounting system, and e-invoicing reform is progressively making structured invoice exchange mandatory — so the software choice is a compliance decision, not just preference.
A worked example, in your currency.
A Paris digital agency, 800 transactions a month, monthly TVA, 12 staff.
- In-house comptable (fully loaded, per month)
- 4 600 €
- Salt bookkeeping + TVA compliance
- 1 600 €
- Monthly saving
- 3 000 €
Figures in EUR. French employer social charges are a large share of fully loaded cost, which widens the gap against an outsourced team.
The framework your France accounts are held to.
We prepare to Plan Comptable Général (French GAAP). These are the bodies that set that framework and the authorities you file with — linked so you can verify the standard rather than take our word for it.
Listed for reference. Salt Accounting Group is not stating membership, registration or affiliation with any of these organisations. Where a filing must be lodged by a registered local agent, it is — your agent keeps the lodgement and the professional sign-off.
Accounting Cleanup in France
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Tell us where you trade and what shape the books are in. You get scope, price and a start date in writing within one business day — no obligation.