Estimate your accountant’s fees
Your type of business, your VAT frequency, your volume of transactions, your employees: each answer refines your budget. A “quoted” situation? Enter the number requested: the simulator calculates an estimate, to be confirmed with the chartered accountant.
Estimate your accounting and tax budget in a few questions
The accounting and tax engagement generally covers bookkeeping and review, annual accounts (balance sheet, income statement, notes), the business tax return (corporate tax, or the 2031 or 2035 return for a business taxed under income tax), and VAT returns; its exact scope is set by the engagement letter.
This estimator, purely indicative and not binding, cannot take every specific feature of a file into account: international operations (imports, exports, intra-EU trade in goods; the European services declaration is included), special tax schemes, group membership, several establishments, research and analysis needed to qualify some transactions…
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Budgets for support in English include the time needed to explain the French environment and relate it to your own practices, more extensive client identification (KYC) and bilingual support.
For the accounting and tax engagement only, as defined in the engagement letter, excluding other services (payroll, corporate legal work…), quoted separately.
Estimate indicative and non-binding, excluding specific features of your file and exceptional operations.
In the first year, set-up or takeover fees for your file may apply; they will be stated.
A starting budget: at the introductory meeting, we refine it together, up or down.
The amount covers the accounting and tax engagement. Additional services (payroll, annual corporate secretarial work, dividends…) are quoted separately, on request.
Accountant fees per month: our 2026 benchmarks
Our fees for the accounting and tax engagement, with support in English, excluding VAT and additional services. These are starting points: your budget depends on the actual work your file requires.
Sole trader under the actual regime
From €200 excl. VAT per month, i.e. €2,400 excl. VAT a year, with support in English. Your support
SASU, SAS, EURL or SARL
From €225 excl. VAT per month, i.e. €2,700 excl. VAT a year, with support in English. SAS or SASU · SARL or EURL
SCI or furnished letting (LMNP)
From €165 excl. VAT per month for an SCI under income tax or a non-professional furnished letting, and from €225 excl. VAT per month for an SCI under corporate tax, with support in English. SCI · LMNP
Subsidiary of a foreign group
From €225 excl. VAT per month, with support in English, quoted after a discussion with the chartered accountant. French subsidiary
Support in English includes the time needed to explain the French environment and relate it to your own practices, more extensive client identification (KYC) and bilingual support.
What the fee includes, and what comes on top
Included in the accounting and tax engagement
A dedicated chartered accountant as your single point of contact, your VAT and profit tax returns, your annual accounts and tax return, and a discussion of your accounts at year-end whenever they include important points to share with you.
Quoted separately, à la carte
Payroll and social filings, annual corporate secretarial work (approval of the accounts, filing with the court registry), dividend distribution, forecasts and dashboards. In the first year, set-up fees for your file may apply.
Before signing, compare proposals on an equivalent scope: our grid to compare accountant proposals.
What sets an accountant’s fee
The frequency of your returns
Monthly or quarterly VAT, corporate tax or income tax: the more frequent the returns, the more regular the follow-up.
The volume of transactions
Number of sales and purchase invoices, bank accounts, sales channels: this is the first driver of the time spent on your file.
Your type of business
Sole trader, single-shareholder company, company with several partners: the accounting, tax and legal obligations are not the same.
Employees
Employees mean payroll costs to record, check and support in the balance sheet, even if payroll is done elsewhere: the accounting budget takes this into account. Payroll itself (payslips, social filings) is an additional service, quoted separately.
After the simulation
- Your meeting booked in 2 minutes You know straight away whether we can support you, and you choose your slot. An e-mail confirms your meeting, with the link to prepare it.
- Your fee estimate and documents in 5 more minutes You prepare the meeting: for a straightforward business, your fee estimate is shown straight away, with the list of documents to send us by e-mail before the meeting.
- Meeting and proposal from the chartered accountant as early as the same day Subject to available slots, often short, free and with no obligation, in Paris, by video call or by phone, booked right after the first questions. With your documents reviewed in advance, you usually receive your proposal during the meeting: scope, level of follow-up and fees.
Your simulation answers are carried over into the booking journey: no need to enter them twice.
Your fees depending on your situation
Companies
Self-employed
Property
How we set our fees, our levels of support and what each engagement includes: our fees.
Frequently asked questions about accountant fees in France
How much does an accountant cost per month in France?
An accountant’s monthly fee depends on the work your file requires: VAT frequency, volume of transactions, employees, technicality. As an indication, with support in English, our fees for the accounting and tax engagement start at €200 excl. VAT per month for a sole trader and €225 excl. VAT per month for a company, excluding additional services. The simulator on this page refines this benchmark for your situation.
Accountant fee simulator in France: is the result a quote?
No: the simulator’s estimate is not yet a quote, it is a first indication, based on our fee scale. Your budget is confirmed with the chartered accountant, based on your documents, then set out in a written proposal. Our accountant quote in 3 steps
Why do accountants’ fees in France vary so much from one firm to another?
Firms’ prices vary because the scope varies: frequency of returns, volume, services included, split of tasks between you and the firm, level of follow-up. To compare two proposals, compare their scope first. Compare accountant proposals
Accountant’s monthly fees in France: what happens if your activity changes?
Your monthly fees are quoted on your file and stated before any commitment, based on the volume you tell us and written into the engagement letter. If that volume changes, or if your tax regime changes, they are adjusted with your agreement; a review is made at least once a year, when the annual accounts are prepared.
Accountant in France: are there set-up fees in the first year?
In the first year, fees for setting up or taking over your file may apply, for example when you change accountant during the financial year. They are stated in the proposal, before any commitment.
Are an accountant’s fees tax-deductible for a business in France?
Yes: accounting fees are expenses of your business, deductible from its profit; the VAT invoiced is recoverable if your business is liable for VAT.
Can you change accountant in France to reduce your fees?
Yes: changing firm for a better balance between price and service is possible. Compare on an equivalent scope, then prepare the change in line with the notice period in your current engagement letter. The steps to change accountant
Accountant fee simulator in France: does the amount include your annual accounts and tax returns?
Yes: the amount covers the accounting and tax engagement, followed by your chartered accountant (VAT and profit tax returns, annual accounts and tax return), who takes your overall situation into account, from the business’s tax to your pay as a director. Payroll, annual corporate secretarial work, dividends, forecasts and dashboards are quoted separately, on request and in advance. Your budget is confirmed with the chartered accountant before any commitment. In 2 minutes, your meeting is booked; in 5 more minutes, your fee estimate is shown. Get my free meeting and quote
How much does an accountant cost per year in France?
For the accounting and tax engagement, with support in English, our fees start at €2,400 excl. VAT a year for a sole trader under the actual regime and €2,700 excl. VAT a year for a company (i.e. €200 and €225 excl. VAT per month), excluding additional services and first-year set-up fees. The simulator on this page refines this benchmark for your situation.
The forecasts, cash-flow plans, dashboards, simulations, studies and analyses mentioned above are additional engagements, à la carte. Each one is quoted in advance, at the frequency you choose.