Sales Tax, VAT & GST Compliance in France
We keep you compliant as you cross state lines and borders, before it becomes a problem. Delivered to Plan Comptable Général (PCG) for French businesses, priced in EUR.
TVA has four rates — 20%, 10%, 5.5% and 2.1% — and the CA3 return under the régime réel normal is due between the 15th and the 24th of the following month, with the exact day set by company type and SIREN. A business not established in France has no threshold to shelter behind. We code by actual rate so the return ties to the ledger.
A standalone, highly automatable compliance line: US economic-nexus monitoring and multi-state sales tax, UK/EU VAT returns, Australian BAS and GST, and UAE VAT. We track thresholds, prepare returns, and document input-tax recovery.
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.
Sales Tax · VAT · GST deliverables
- US economic-nexus monitoring & multi-state filing
- UK / EU VAT return preparation
- Australian BAS & GST lodgement prep
- UAE VAT tracking & input-tax documentation
- Threshold alerts before you trigger liability
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.
Sales Tax · VAT · GST in France
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Sales Tax, VAT & GST Compliance for France, simply handled.
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.