Tax assistance The aims of this service are to enable notaries who are seeking to: assist their clients in tax adjustment procedures conducted by the French inland revenue, whether or not the incriminated actions are the direct result of the notary's involvement  to receive appropriate aid in tax adjustment procedures that personally implicate a notary employed by a member company. To do this, the Tax Assistance Unit: drafts the replies to the tax adjustment notification   where necessary, provides follow-up before the departmental commissions and/or conducts transactions with the Administration drafts the dispute claim to the director of the tax services and the request to suspend the payment monitors the procedure in cases where the T.A. Unit drafted the answer or the claim advises the notary and the notary's client on the choice of a specialised lawyer for the litigation phase. How to do you secure the services of the Tax Assistance Unit? To contact the Tax Assistance Unit, simply call CRIDON on +33 (1) 45 84 12 32.  The duty consultant will answer you directly. When your call has been completed, initial advice will be provided on the tax authority's claim. Depending on the specific characteristics and difficulties of the case, a first meeting with or without the presence of the client, may be useful and even indispensable. If the support of the Tax Assistance Unit is required, the consultant will evaluate the cost of the services and will collaborate with the Notary in setting a schedule for replying, depending on the constraints of the procedure. In the absence of a meeting, all the required documents (for a tax adjustment, for example, the notification and the disputed document or declaration) must be sent as soon as possible. When the final decision is taken to use the help of the Tax Assistance Unit, the claimant simply returns a signed convention in duplicate accompanied by a cheque in payment of the requested retaining fee. It is important to emphasise that the case will only be considered to have been referred to the Tax Assistance Unit upon receipt of this down payment.