Tax Returns

A chartered accountant and a tax lawyer have complementary expertise in tax matters.

A chartered accountant supports your company in its day-to-day operations and generally also handles the bookkeeping and preparation of annual financial statements. Their role typically includes preparing tax returns, ensuring the correct application of ongoing tax rules, providing tax advice related to the company’s activities, and supporting clients during tax audits.

A tax lawyer is primarily a specialist in tax law. Their involvement is particularly appropriate where an in-depth legal analysis is required, for example in complex restructurings, exceptional transactions, specific tax issues or disputes with the tax authorities. They may also represent and defend clients before the courts.

In practice, the two professions regularly work closely together in France.

As a chartered accountant, ABTF is your main point of contact for the ongoing accounting and tax compliance of your company, including the preparation and filing of tax returns. A tax lawyer is brought in as a complementary advisor where specific legal or litigation expertise is required.