French Accountants
in Edinburgh & across Scotland

French-speaking accountants for businesses in Edinburgh and across Scotland. TaxDigit is a UK chartered certified (ACCA) practice. We work with French, Belgian, Swiss and francophone business owners in Edinburgh on company accounts, bookkeeping, VAT, payroll, corporation tax and Self Assessment — in English, with professional French translation throughout.

Comptabilite et fiscalite britanniques pour les entrepreneurs francophones a Edimbourg. TaxDigit est un cabinet britannique de comptables agrees (ACCA). Nous accompagnons les entrepreneurs francais, belges et suisses a Edimbourg dans la creation de la societe, les comptes annuels, la TVA, la paie et la declaration de revenus britannique.

Why Edinburgh is the right place for a French-language desk in Scotland

Edinburgh carries an unusual amount of French institutional weight for a city of its size. The Consulate General of France covering Scotland is based in Edinburgh, and it is one of the few French posts anywhere to carry a joint two-city title — the Consulate General of France in Edinburgh and Glasgow — which tells you something about how the francophone population here is distributed across the central belt.

Alongside it sits the Institut français d'Écosse at West Parliament Square, EH1 1RF, in the Old Town. It is the French state's cultural and language institute for Scotland, and it has been a fixture of Edinburgh life for decades. For a French business owner arriving in Scotland, those two institutions are usually the first points of contact — and neither of them can file your accounts.

That is the gap this page exists to fill. Scotland has French institutional presence but very little French-language accountancy provision; the UK firms that market to French speakers are almost entirely London-based.

What we do for French-speaking businesses in Edinburgh

• Setting up a UK company — incorporation, registered office, director and PSC registration, and Companies House identity verification. TaxDigit is a Companies House ACSP-registered formation agent.
• Annual accounts and corporation tax — statutory accounts filed with Companies House and the company tax return filed with HMRC.
• VAT — registration, scheme selection, and Making Tax Digital filing.
• Payroll and PAYE — RTI submissions, payslips, pensions auto-enrolment.
• Self Assessment — for directors, sole traders and landlords.
• Bookkeeping — cloud bookkeeping and management accounts.
• Cross-border questions — UK residence and domicile, income arising in France or Belgium, and UK subsidiaries of French parent companies.

Nos services pour les entreprises francophones a Edimbourg

• Creation de societe britannique (Limited), siege social et verification d'identite aupres de Companies House.
• Comptes annuels et impot sur les societes.
• TVA britannique : immatriculation, choix du regime et teledeclaration.
• Paie, PAYE et retraite complementaire obligatoire.
• Declaration de revenus britannique (Self Assessment).
• Comptabilite en ligne et tableaux de bord de gestion.
• Residence fiscale, revenus de source francaise et filiales britanniques de groupes francais.

A note on Scotland specifically

Company law, Companies House filing, VAT, PAYE and corporation tax are the same in Scotland as in the rest of the UK, so a Scottish company is filed exactly as an English one is. Where Scotland differs is in devolved areas — Scottish income tax rates and bands are set by the Scottish Parliament and apply to non-savings, non-dividend income of Scottish taxpayers, and property transaction tax in Scotland is Land and Buildings Transaction Tax rather than Stamp Duty Land Tax. If you live in Scotland, those differences affect you personally even though they do not change how your company files. We will tell you which of them actually apply to your situation rather than listing all of them at you.

How we work with clients in Edinburgh

TaxDigit works remotely with clients across the whole UK from its Guildford head office. In practice that means video meetings at a time that suits you, documents exchanged securely online, and a named point of contact rather than a call centre.

Communication is in English, supported by professional French translation. We are explicit about this because it matters: TaxDigit is a UK-regulated firm giving UK advice. We are not members of the Ordre des Experts-Comptables and we do not describe ourselves as an expert-comptable practice or give French domestic tax advice.