AC Legal International Tax and Business Law

About AC Legal International Tax and Business Law

With an explicitly international clientele of private clients and businesses, AC Legal is a Paris tax and business law practice founded by Andrea Catasti, a lawyer admitted to the Paris and Rome bars with degrees in international and European tax law. The team works regularly in English, French, Italian and Spanish. For foreign entrepreneurs opening a business in France, the firm explains the differences between an SAS and a SARL, prepares the articles of association and the other incorporation documents, and advises on the legal, accounting and tax compliance that follows. Its tax practice covers international personal income tax, cross-border salaries and pensions, rental income and capital gains of non-residents, dividends from foreign companies, double tax residency, and international inheritance and gift tax, with particular experience of France, Italy, the US, Spain, Germany and the UK. Through a network of partner lawyers and accountants it also coordinates set-ups in the US, Canada, the Middle East and China.

Services

Business set-up in France includes choosing between SAS and SARL, preparing the articles of association and incorporation documentation, and advising on legal, accounting and tax compliance. Tax services cover international personal income tax, cross-border employment income and pensions, non-resident real estate income and capital gains, foreign dividends, double tax residency, international inheritance and gift tax and succession planning. International corporate structuring and cross-border M&A support are also offered.

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