French VAT registration
Get help with French VAT registration for your foreign business. We review your activity, prepare the application and coordinate the agreed tax-office follow-up, with fiscal representation and ongoing filings where included in your engagement.
Select a plan
- ERTVA included when applicable, at no extra charge
- French VAT registration prepared and submitted
- 12 months of CA3 returns prepared and filed
- VAT due, deductible VAT and credit calculated
- Everything tracked in VAT EPR EXPERT FRANCE
Generally required for non-EU businesses with French VAT obligations. We check whether an exemption applies.
Prices exclude VAT.
Get a quoteWho it concerns
- Non-EU sellers making taxable sales in France.
- EU sellers needing a French number for stock, imports or local taxable sales.
- Sellers using French warehouses, 3PLs or fulfilment centres.
- Sellers blocked by a marketplace that requires a French VAT number.
- Accountants and agencies managing French VAT for their clients.
- Price
- From €49 / month
- Scope
- VAT & fiscal
- Firm
- SAS, Bordeaux · SIREN 920 400 462
- Last reviewed
- 10 August 2026
Where French VAT rules require a fiscal representative, that representative must be accredited and established in France.
How we help
We map the legal entity and transaction flows before choosing the registration route. We prepare and submit the file, act as fiscal representative where the reviewed facts require and we accept the mandate, and manage agreed tax-office follow-up. The issued number, certificate and filing calendar are tracked in VAT EPR EXPERT FRANCE.
A French VAT registration identifies the entity for domestic obligations that can arise from French stock, imports, taxable supplies and movements of goods. EU businesses and some non-EU businesses can register without an accredited fiscal representative; other non-EU businesses may need one under the current French rules.
What's included
- French VAT registration file prepared and submitted
- Fiscal representation for eligible non-EU sellers
- Tax-office correspondence handled during onboarding
- Transfer of an existing French VAT setup from your current provider
- Filing calendar and obligations set up
- Certificate, documents and deadlines tracked in VAT EPR EXPERT FRANCE
A controlled path from review to evidence
Scope the transactions
Confirm why French VAT is required and which entity must register.
Prepare the authority file
Collect corporate, activity and representative evidence in the format the tax office expects.
Submit and answer questions
File the registration and manage follow-up requests until the authority issues its decision.
Start the filing calendar
Record the certificate, effective date and first CA3 obligations.
Documents and source data
- Current company-registry extract and articles of association
- Director identity and authority documents
- French sales, stock, fulfilment and import-flow evidence
- Existing French VAT or EORI certificates, if any
- Signed mandate where fiscal representation is required
Example: stock enters an Amazon fulfilment centre in France
The seller's home-country VAT position does not replace the French review. We identify the stock movements, imports and domestic supplies, register the correct entity and connect the first French return to the marketplace reports.
Official sources
Use these primary sources to confirm the current rule and authority process for your facts.
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See how this service fits your operation
- France e-reporting guideCheck the 2026 and 2027 rules for foreign companies without a French VAT establishment.
- Marketplace VAT versus seller registrationSee which stock, import and own-goods triggers remain when a platform collects VAT.
- VAT registration for AmazonMap FBA and FBM flows before registering the correct entity.
- For non-EU sellersCombine representation, registration and ongoing filings.
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