English-speaking founders · Paris & across France
Running a business in France means French accounting rules, French tax returns and French paperwork. AMBS Expertise Comptable supports English-speaking founders, startups and small businesses with accounting, tax, payroll and company set-up, and works with you in English.
Setting up a company in France → Accounting and tax for startups →
Choice of legal form (SAS, SARL…), business plan and cash-flow forecast, registration formalities, and accounting organised from day one. Read our guide →
Bookkeeping, review and preparation of your annual accounts and year-end filings.
VAT returns, corporate income tax, business property tax (CFE) and the related filings, with a clear calendar of your deadlines.
Payslips, monthly social declarations (DSN) and hiring and leaving formalities for your employees in France.
Dashboards, interim figures and cash-flow forecasts, explained in English, to follow your business and prepare your decisions.
Approval of the annual accounts, shareholders' meetings and minutes for the companies whose accounts we keep.
Calls, emails and reports in English. Official filings are made in French, as required, and we explain everything you are asked to sign.
Your file is handled directly by Sophia Samb, a French chartered accountant (expert-comptable).
Documents are exchanged digitally. Meetings by video, or at our office at 29 rue du Colisée, 75008 Paris.
Scope of work, deadlines and fees are agreed in writing before we start.
Sophia Samb, Chartered Accountant (France), Founder and sole partner of AMBS Expertise Comptable. The firm is registered with the Ordre des experts-comptables, Paris Île-de-France region. Sophia has 15 years of experience with businesses in hospitality and restaurants, construction, the liberal professions, holding companies and the OHADA zone. She works with clients in English, French and Wolof.
No. We work with you in English. Official filings with the French authorities are made in French, and we explain each document before you sign it.
Yes. We help you choose the legal form, prepare your financial forecast, complete the registration formalities and set up your accounting from the start.
Yes. We work remotely with businesses across France, with documents exchanged online and meetings by video.
Sophia Samb, the firm's partner and chartered accountant, handles your file directly.
Immigration procedures are handled by specialised lawyers. We can work alongside your lawyer on the business plan and the financial forecast for your project.
Read our guides Setting up a company in France and Accounting and tax for startups in France.
Book an introductory call. We review your situation and your needs, then send you a written engagement proposal.
Book an introductory call with Sophia Samb, in English.
or email ambs@ambs-conseil.fr
