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Transfer your French VAT setup to a new fiscal representative

Changing provider normally means transferring the mandate, filing history and tax-office contact while preserving the existing French VAT registration where the legal entity and underlying activity have not changed. A clean handover protects filing continuity and exposes unresolved balances or missing returns before they become a problem.

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Included with a filing plan
  • Transfer review and handover checklist
  • Representative mandate update where required
  • Filing calendar and opening balance set up

Prices exclude VAT.

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Who it concerns

  • Non-EU sellers changing their accredited French fiscal representative.
  • EU sellers moving French VAT filing to a new provider.
  • Businesses with missing returns, unclear VAT balances or incomplete handover records.
  • Marketplace sellers that need current certificates and filing evidence under one provider.

How we help

We review the existing registration, reconcile the filing position, coordinate the mandate and authority notifications, and take over the next agreed return. The exact sequence depends on the outgoing provider, the tax office and whether earlier corrections are needed.

What's included

  • Existing VAT registration and filing-status review
  • Handover document checklist
  • New mandate and representative onboarding where required
  • Tax-office and outgoing-provider coordination
  • Opening VAT balance and filing-calendar reconciliation
  • Ongoing CA3 filing under the selected plan

What to prepare

Documents and source data

  • French VAT certificate and current tax-office details
  • Outgoing representative mandate or termination evidence
  • Filed CA3 returns and payment history
  • Open VAT credit, debt or correction position
  • Sales, purchase and import data for the handover period

Process

A controlled path from review to evidence

  1. 1

    Audit the current position

    Confirm the number, filing frequency, last return and unresolved balances.

  2. 2

    Plan the handover date

    Avoid a gap between the outgoing scope and the first return under the new engagement.

  3. 3

    Update mandates and authority records

    Coordinate the documents required by the tax office and the outgoing provider.

  4. 4

    Reconcile the opening filing

    Carry forward the correct VAT balance and retain the handover evidence.

Practical scenario

Example: the previous provider filed through June

We verify the June filing and payment evidence, agree the mandate transition, reconcile any carried-forward credit and take responsibility from the next documented period.

Official sources

Use these primary sources to confirm the current rule and authority process for your facts.

Questions

Will I keep the same French VAT number?
Usually, when the same legal entity continues the same registration. The tax office decides the final administrative treatment.
Do I need the outgoing provider's cooperation?
A complete handover is faster with their records, but we can also rebuild the position from tax-office evidence, filings and transaction data where necessary.
Can you correct missed or inaccurate returns?
Yes, after a scoped review of the periods, source data and tax-office position.

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