🇫🇷 Accounting Software in France
Keep PCG-ready, TVA-compliant books for your French business — 20% TVA tracking, DSN-aware payroll and e-invoicing readiness, on Desktop and Cloud.
From $24/month, billed yearly · 2 users included See all plans
In short
Is Flowyana Accounting right for France?
Yes — Dictode is a double-entry accounting platform configured for France: VAT (TVA) at 20%, B2B e-invoicing via approved platforms from September 2026, French GAAP (Plan Comptable Général) / IFRS for listed groups reporting and a Company-chosen (commonly 1 Jan – 31 Dec) fiscal year — on Desktop, mobile, tablet and Cloud.
Running the books in France
The tax, e-invoicing, payroll and banking rules a business in France works with, and how Dictode handles each one.
Indirect tax in France
French TVA has a 20% standard rate, 10% for restaurants, passenger transport and some renovation work, 5.5% for most food, energy and books, and 2.1% for reimbursable medicines and press. Very small businesses can use the franchise en base, which waives charging TVA below thresholds that differ for goods and services; check the current limits with impots.gouv.fr. Flowyana Accounting keeps a code per rate so collected and deductible TVA reconcile to the CA3 or CA12 figures.
E-invoicing in France
France's B2B reform began on 1 September 2026: every business established in France must now be able to receive structured e-invoices through a plateforme agréée (formerly called a PDP), and large and mid-sized companies must also issue them and e-report transactions. SMEs and micro-enterprises must start issuing on 1 September 2027. Accepted formats include Factur-X, UBL and CII. Dictode holds invoices as structured records, ready to hand to your chosen platform.
Tax authority and filing calendar in France
The DGFiP collects TVA and corporate tax through the professional space on impots.gouv.fr. Under the régime réel normal TVA is declared monthly on the CA3, while the régime simplifié uses an annual CA12 with instalments. Impôt sur les sociétés is 25%, with a 15% reduced rate on the first slice of profit for qualifying SMEs, and the annual liasse fiscale accompanies the accounts. Locking each declared month in Dictode keeps the CA3 totals fixed.
Payroll and social security in France
Payroll in France is declared every month through the DSN (déclaration sociale nominative), which reports wages and social contributions to URSSAF, pension funds and other bodies in one file. Since 2019 employers also withhold income tax at source (prélèvement à la source) using the rate the tax office supplies. Contributions cover health, family, unemployment and complementary pension. Our payroll computes employer and employee charges and net pay, and posts the salary journal for each period.
Accounting standards, year-end and records in France
French companies keep accounts under the Plan Comptable Général set by the ANC, with IFRS for the consolidated statements of listed groups. The financial year is normally twelve months and often matches the calendar year. A commissaire aux comptes is required above size thresholds. Accounting documents must be kept for ten years under the Code de commerce, and the tax office can request a fichier des écritures comptables (FEC). Dictode's audit trail records each entry and correction.
Banking, payments and reconciliation in France
French businesses bank in euros over SEPA credit transfers, SEPA Instant and SEPA Direct Debit (prélèvement), with Cartes Bancaires the domestic card scheme behind most card payments. Cheques are still in use for some trade. Statements download as CSV or Excel from French banks. Import them into Flowyana, and auto-matching links each virement, prélèvement or card settlement to the right invoice, leaving you to clear only what does not match.
Accounting & tax norms
How Dictode keeps your books compliant where you operate.
Tax system
VAT (TVA) — Taxe sur la Valeur Ajoutée (TVA)
Rates
Standard: 20% · Reduced: 10% / 5.5% · Super_reduced: 2.1%
Registration threshold
Franchise en base thresholds apply for micro-businesses
E-invoicing
B2B e-invoicing reform via plateformes agréées: all businesses receive and large and mid-sized companies issue from 1 September 2026; SMEs and micro-enterprises issue from 1 September 2027
Accounting standard
French GAAP (Plan Comptable Général) / IFRS for listed groups
Fiscal year
Company-chosen (commonly 1 Jan – 31 Dec)
Statutory filings
VAT return (déclaration de TVA, monthly/quarterly via CA3), Corporate income tax (impôt sur les sociétés, annual), DSN social declaration (payroll), Liasse fiscale (annual accounts)
Payroll statutory
Social security contributions (URSSAF), Withholding income tax (prélèvement à la source), DSN monthly declaration
Regulators
Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (DGFiP), URSSAF, Autorité des Normes Comptables (ANC)
Audit
Statutory auditor (commissaire aux comptes) required above size thresholds
Works on every device
Desktop for macOS, Linux and Windows, native mobile and tablet apps, and a real-time Cloud edition — offline-first with encrypted sync.
Accounting in France — FAQs
Does Dictode handle the four French TVA rates?
Yes. Separate codes for 20%, 10%, 5.5% and 2.1%, plus exempt and intra-EU supplies, keep collected and deductible TVA apart and produce the figures for your CA3 or CA12. You declare on impots.gouv.fr and lock the period afterwards.
Am I affected by the 2026–2027 e-invoicing reform?
Every French business has had to be able to receive e-invoices through a plateforme agréée since 1 September 2026. Large and mid-sized firms issue them from that date; SMEs and micro-enterprises from 1 September 2027. Dictode keeps invoices as structured data for your platform.
Can I keep my books on the Plan Comptable Général?
Yes. The chart of accounts can follow the PCG numbering classes, and double-entry journals give your expert-comptable the trial balance, compte de résultat and bilan. The audit trail keeps every entry for the ten-year retention period.
Does payroll support the DSN and prélèvement à la source?
Payroll calculates employer and employee social contributions, the income tax withheld at source using the rate supplied by the tax office, and net pay, then posts the salary journal. Those figures are what the monthly DSN reports.
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Pricing
Flowyana Accounting pricing
Flowyana Accounting starts at $24 per month on the Starter plan, billed yearly ($29 month to month), with 2 users and 1 branch included. There are 3 published plans up to $85 per month, and you can add one more user or branch at any time. Prices are in US dollars, excluding VAT, with no setup fee.
- Starter 2 users · 1 branch
- Standard 5 users · 1 branch
- Pro 10 users · 3 branches
Prices in your currency India ₹599 · UAE AED 59 · Saudi Arabia SAR 59 · Qatar QAR 59 · Kuwait KWD 4.900 · Bahrain BHD 5.900 · Oman OMR 5.900 per month, billed yearly.
Prices in USD, excluding VAT, as of October 21, 2026.
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