DSO

About DSO

Foreign investors setting up on the French Riviera are the focus of DSO Private Business Services, a department of this Nice accounting and audit practice located on the Promenade des Anglais. The site is available in English and Italian as well as French, and the international department describes bilingual teams, English-language consolidated reporting and reconciliation with IFRS or US GAAP for subsidiaries of foreign groups. For new companies an in-house legal department advises on the legal form, drafts the articles of association, completes the registration formalities and helps obtain administrative authorisations and open a bank account. Day-to-day work then covers bookkeeping, VAT and corporate tax returns, payroll and social declarations, annual meetings and legal registers. Statutory audit, contribution and merger audit, transaction support and wealth advice complete the offer. A separate service line serves foreign individuals investing in local real estate, including furnished-rental tax returns and capital gains questions.

Services

Company formation: choice of SARL or SAS, drafting of articles, registration formalities and administrative authorisations, with bank account opening and liaison with local authorities. Bookkeeping, annual accounts, VAT and corporate tax returns, consolidated reporting in English and IFRS or US GAAP reconciliation. Payroll, social declarations and labour-law advice. Corporate secretarial work for annual meetings, publicity formalities and registers. Statutory, contribution and merger audits, M&A support, and property tax returns for real estate investors.

• ✓ Company formation: offered
• ✓ Accounting and bookkeeping: offered
• ✓ Tax compliance: offered
• ✓ VAT: offered
• ✓ Payroll: offered
• ✓ Audit: offered
• ✓ Bank account assistance: offered
• ✕ Residency and visas: not listed
• ✓ Corporate secretarial: offered
• ✕ Virtual office: not listed