English-speaking accountant for Mougins
SAREPTA works in English and French with residents, company directors and restaurant owners in Mougins. Our Valbonne office is about ten minutes from the village.
SAREPTA is a firm of expert-comptable (French chartered accountant) registered with the Ordre des Experts-Comptables, with an office in Valbonne, about ten minutes from Mougins. For English-speaking clients in Mougins it keeps the accounts and files the tax returns of property companies, family holdings, restaurants and self-employed professionals, and deals with them in English. The first 30-minute meeting is free, by video call or at the office.
Mougins: residential, international and property-minded
Mougins is known for its old village, its restaurants and its art galleries. It is also one of the five communes of Sophia Antipolis, and a residential area that attracts many international families. Mougins British International School, which follows the English National Curriculum, is located here.
As a result, many of the accounting questions in Mougins concern property and family assets rather than trade: a villa held through a company, a holding that owns shares in the family business, or a house let for part of the year.
Typical files in Mougins
French structures for holding property and shares have no exact equivalent in the UK or the US, so we start by explaining what each one does and what it has to file every year.
- SCI (société civile immobilière, a property holding company): choice between income tax and corporation tax, annual accounts and returns
- Family holding company: accounts, dividends received from subsidiaries, shareholder loan accounts
- Furnished letting of a villa: micro-BIC or régime réel, and VAT where hotel-type services are provided
- Restaurants: stock, food cost, kitchen and floor payroll
- Consultants and other self-employed professionals living in Mougins
How we work with you
One advisor follows all your entities, so the company, the SCI and your own position are looked at together. Exchanges are in English when you prefer and go through a client portal.
As members of the Ordre des Experts-Comptables we are bound by professional secrecy. For transfers of assets and deeds we work alongside your notaire (French notary) or lawyer.
Valbonne - Sophia Antipolis office
230 Route des Dolines06560 Valbonne, France
Mougins village is about 6 km from our Valbonne office, 230 Route des Dolines, roughly ten minutes by car. The office has parking on site with charging points for electric vehicles, and meetings are by appointment.
Opening hours
Monday - Friday, 08:00 - 17:00. Meetings by video call or in person, by appointment.
Your questions about
an accountant in Mougins
We are buying a house in Mougins. Should we buy through an SCI?
It depends on what you want the property for. An SCI can make it easier to own a property with several people and to pass it on, but it brings annual filing obligations and its tax treatment differs depending on whether it is taxed under income tax or corporation tax. If you are tax resident in another country, the treatment there matters too. We go through the options with you before the purchase, together with your notaire.
What does an SCI have to file every year?
An SCI under income tax files an annual return of its results, and each partner reports their share on their own tax return. An SCI under corporation tax has the same obligations as a trading company: balance sheet, tax return and approval of the accounts. We set up a calendar for each entity and prepare the filings.
We let our villa in Mougins for part of the year. How is the income taxed?
Income from furnished letting is taxed as business income (BIC), under the micro-BIC regime or the régime réel. The régime réel allows actual expenses and depreciation of the property and furniture to be deducted, which often matters for a high-value villa. If you provide hotel-type services such as breakfast, linen and regular cleaning, VAT may apply. We run the figures before you choose.
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Let's talk about your situation
A free, no-commitment 30-minute conversation - by video call or at our Antibes or Valbonne office - to see how SAREPTA can help.