How much does it cost to close an SAS?

When the partners of a SAS opt for a cessation of their activity, they have to face spending. Some dissolution and liquidation costs are unavoidable because they relate to mandatory legal procedures. Others, however, are optional. here is the overall price to close an SAS.

Closure of an SAS: administrative costs (mandatory)

Closing an SAS costs about 550 €. These costs are invoiced in two stages: when the company is dissolved and then at the end of the liquidation process.

Expenses to anticipate to dissolve an SAS

When they opt for dissolve their SAS in advance, the partners must:

• Disseminate, in a special newspaper, a legal announcement of dissolution of the SAS ;
• Compile and send a file to the registry of the commercial court.

Here the cost of each gait :

A dissolution considered basic costs around 370 €. However, if the SAS has several establishments, the costs increase to €44,17 per additional registry.

Expenses to anticipate to liquidate an SAS

The dissolved SAS immediately enters a period of liquidation. During this, the partners must appoint a liquidator whose mission will be to:

• Make an inventory of the assets and liabilities of the company,
• Sell ​​the asset and collect all receivables,
• Settle liabilities and repay all debts.

Partners must, for their part:

• Approve the final liquidation accounts resulting in a bonus or a loss,
• Discharge the liquidator from his management and release him from his mandate,
• Have the minutes of the general meeting recorded at the tax department,
• Publish a notice of closure of the liquidation in a newspaper of legal announcements,
• Request the removal of the SAS from the trade and companies register.

This last step generates a number of formalities and therefore spending for SAS. Here they are, summarized in a table:

Court fees increase by €10,72 per additional court office if the company occupies several establishments established in different jurisdictions.

End of the SAS: the price of an accompaniment (optional)

The associates who decide to close their SAS can do it only or choose to get help by a professional if they wish. It can be a chartered accountant, a jurist and, why not, a lawyer.

The type and scope of the mission that will be entrusted to the professional will depend on the wishes of the partners. The support can be complete or partial and cover the following work:

• Drafting of legal acts (minutes of general meetings),
• Completion of dissolution (M2) and deregistration (M4) documents,
• Drafting and sending for publication of legal announcements of dissolution and closing of the liquidation,
• Accounting recording of liquidation operations and establishment of closing accounts (which is the responsibility of the chartered accountant),
• Preparation and submission of the file to the registry of the commercial court.

Le cost of such can help depends on the professional and the importance of the mission entrusted to him. The prices of a SAS closing online begin to 150 € HT (excluding disbursements). However, certain circumstances may lead to an increase in the price can even go so far as to multiply it by ten.

Cost of dissolution and liquidation of an SAS: summary

• La publication of a legal notice of closure of SAS
• The steps to remove an SAS from the RCS