Tax loss carryovers: The hardening of the French regime

September 30 2012

Until last year, France used to be a tax-friendly country for loss making enterprises. Sonia Bonnabry of LEXCOM explores why this is not necessarily the case anymore, following the tightening of French rules in the second Amended Finance Bill for 2012.

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