Bookkeeping in France
We help founders understand where their money is going, every month, on time. Delivered to Plan Comptable Général (PCG) for French businesses, priced in EUR.
French bookkeeping is constrained twice over: by the Plan Comptable Général, which prescribes the account structure rather than leaving it to you, and by the FEC, the audit file DGFiP can demand in a fixed format. We map your ledger to PCG account numbers from the outset so the FEC exports cleanly and the CA3 TVA return ties back to the accounts behind it.
Dedicated bookkeepers working inside your cloud accounting stack deliver weekly reconciliation and a clean monthly close. You get a Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet you can actually act on — categorised, reviewed, and delivered on a fixed calendar.
The deadlines we track against your ledger.
| Obligation | Frequency | Due | Authority |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Bookkeeping deliverables
- Weekly bank & credit-card reconciliation
- Receipt and document matching
- Monthly P&L and Balance Sheet
- Chart-of-accounts maintenance
- Month-end close on a fixed calendar
- Dedicated bookkeeper inside your software
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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.
Bookkeeping 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.