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Blendy, English-speaking French & international CPA, provides a wide range of articles to help you easily understand the tax, payroll, accounting and financial issues that impact your business and your financial processes.

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Diagram explaining the tax obligations of a French company expanding its activities into the United States

Your French company sells in the US: at what point does your presence become a US tax issue?

Two French companies generate exactly the same revenue in the United States. The first sells from France, with its teams and operations based there. The second has a sales representative based in Miami, performs some services there, and holds regular client meetings in the US. Same American revenue. But not necessarily the same tax consequences. Indeed, in the United States, there is no sales threshold above which a French company automatically becomes subject to federal taxa

Expand in France | Blog Blendy

Oct 268 min read

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Pennylane in France, QuickBooks in the United States: how to manage a France-US group?

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Executives defining the strategy of a group organized around a holding company

Active holding company or passive holding company: why the difference really matters

Two holding companies can have the same legal form, own several subsidiaries, and yet not be treated the same way for tax purposes. The difference lies mainly in their actual role within the group. One holds shares and primarily exercises its shareholder rights. The other actively participates in strategic decisions, manages its subsidiaries, and sets the group's policy. In the first case, it is generally referred to as a passive holding company. In the second, as an active h

GROWTH | BLOG BLENDY

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Your French company sells in the US: at what point does your presence become a US tax issue?

EXPAND IN FRANCE | BLOG BLENDY

Oct 268 min read

Financial dashboard combining data from Pennylane France and QuickBooks USA

Pennylane in France, QuickBooks in the United States: how to manage a France-US group?

Your French company uses Pennylane. Your American subsidiary keeps its accounts on QuickBooks. Both accounting systems are well maintained. But when you want to answer this simple question "How much is the group actually earning this month?" things get complicated... France reports its figures in euros. The United States operates in dollars. Accounting systems are structured differently. Some expenses are categorized differently. Invoices circulate between the two companies.

PENNYLANE ACCOUNTING | BLOG BLENDY

Oct 198 min read

French executive verifying a W-8BEN-E form requested by an American client

Your US client is asking you for a W-8BEN-E: what a French company needs to verify

You've just signed an U.S. client. Congratulations! Before paying your first invoice, their accounting department sends you a form with a fairly simple request: “Please complete and return Form W-8BEN-E." And that's when things get complicated. Corporation, Active NFFE, Passive NFFE, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, treaty benefits, limitation on benefits… for a French company working with the United States for the first time, the W-8BEN-E can quickly seem much more complicated than a s

EXPAND IN FRANCE | BLOG BLENDY

Oct 87 min read

Your French tax deadlines in October 2026

Here, as every month, are the deadlines and dates that you must respect for your French tax deadlines. Every month, we list the deadlines and dates you need to meet for your tax and VAT returns if your business is based in France, so you can start the last quarter of the year with peace of mind! ‍ Blendy, English-speaking French CPA, helps you digitize your accounting and streamline your financial flows, so you can focus on what really matters: growing your business! If you a

MONTHLY TAX DEADLINES | BLOG BLENDY

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French executive preparing to recruit his first employee in the United States

You are recruiting your first employee in the US: should you create an American company?

Your business is starting to take off in the United States. The first clients are arriving, and now you need someone on the ground: salesperson, customer success manager, operations manager… This is a typical scenario where, as a French company, you have to decide whether to create an American company in order to recruit that first employee? A French company can, in certain situations, directly employ someone who works in the United States. However, this initial recruitment m

EXPAND IN FRANCE | BLOG BLENDY

Sep 286 min read

€100,000 profit: a comparison of net cash received by an executive in France and Florida

Your company earns $100,000: how much cash can you withdraw in France vs in Florida?

Your business is making money and profits. Congratulations! You're on the right track. But do you really know how much of that profit can actually end up in your personal account? This is where the tax comparison between France and Florida becomes interesting. Because the corporate tax rate only tells part of the story. For a shareholder-manager , it is essential to first consider the entire journey of the cash: company profit, corporate tax, and then taxation at the time the

EXPAND IN FRANCE | BLOG BLENDY

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Your next finance app might not be an app...

For years, improving your finance stack mostly meant adding more tools. A software for accounting, another for expenses, another for cash management, another for collections... And often, a spreadsheet to connect everything in between. The arrival of AI agents could start to change this logic. With platforms like Dust and the rise of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), the challenge is no longer simply which new application to add. It now becomes possible to directly query in n

APPS | BLOG BLENDY

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Tax Deadlines in France in September 2026

Your September tax deadlines in France

The summer holidays are over and it's already time to go back to work! And back to business means also back to the numbers... To make it easier for you to handle your bookkeeping in France, we've summarized French tax deadlines and important dates for your French business in September in this article. To go further, send us a message ! Blendy, English-speaking French CPA, will help you with your tax, VAT returns, etc. and automate your entire financial process, so you can enj

MONTHLY TAX DEADLINES | BLOG BLENDY

Sep 32 min read

Comparison of C-Corps,S-Corps and LLCs for a French CEO in the United States

C-Corp, S-Corp, LLC: What a French leaders needs to know before setting up a company in the US

As a French entrepreneur, you are already familiar with SAS and SARL. But when you start looking at the United States, three terms systematically come up: C-Corp, S-Corp and LLC . Generally, your first instinct is to look for equivalents: What is the American equivalent of a SAS? Is the LLC the same as a SARL? Is an S-Corp simply a less taxed company? That's exactly when the misconceptions and mistakes start... Because in the United States, a company's legal structure and its

EXPAND IN FRANCE | BLOG BLENDY

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Holding companies in France: what is changing this year, by Blendy, international CPA

Holding companies in France in 2026: what’s changing for French business owners

A holding company remains a powerful tool for French business owners looking to structure a group, move dividends between companies, finance an acquisition, or prepare for a future transfer of ownership. But several French tax rules changed in 2026. France’s 2026 Finance Act notably tightened the rules governing contribution-and-sale transactions (apport-cession), narrowed the scope of the Dutreil regime, and introduced a new tax targeting certain asset-holding companies. Her

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Buying Real Estate in France Through an SCI or Personal Ownership in 2026

Buying property through an SCI or in your own name in 2026: Which option really costs less?

You are based in France and planning to buy an apartment and rent it out. Inevitably, one key question comes up as a French entrepreneur: “Should I buy the property in my own name or set up an SCI?” In 2026, the answer is more complex than it may seem. The first thing to consider is what you ultimately plan to do with the property and the income it generates: collect the rental income, reinvest it, sell the property, or pass it on to your children? In reality, there are three

DIGITAL ACCOUNTING | BLOG BLENDY

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