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4th July 2009
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French TaxWelcome to our Tax Zone. The aim of this zone is to provide information about tax laws in France and advice on how French taxes might affect you.Popular articles which you may be interested to read if you are a non-French resident include: Why take financial advice before moving to France? Who you need to inform that you are moving to France. What happens with your UK investments if you move to France? Tax on earned income - key differences between France and UK Tax liability on French holiday home rental income Tax resident in the UK or France? While for French residents popular articles include: French tax rates for 2008 French wealth tax Is your French home subject to capital gains tax? Information on the recently signed Double tax treaty - how does it affect you? Articles covering important taxes including income tax, inheritance tax and information on taxe fonciere and taxe d'habitation, and social taxes We also discuss how using an Assurance Vie can lower your French taxes. If you're domiciled outside the UK and have more than one employer, read our article Dual contracts of employment to find out whether you can legitimately reduce your tax liability. See also our Savings and Investments Zone for information about investments in France. Retiring to France? If you are retiring to France or already there, visit our Retirement Zone to find out about any tax related issues, including whether you will be subject to wealth tax, if your British pension will be taxed in France and your pensions and tax options. The Retirement Zone also covers legal issues including the impact of French succession law on your UK will, find out if your UK will is valid in French law, and discover if retiring to France still makes financial sense.
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Historically, the majority of expatriates leaving the UK for a new life in France have been those at, or near, retirement age, keen to wind down to a more relaxed lifestyle in a dreamed-of rural retreat. However, things are set to change as Duncan Campbell of Siddalls explains...
Alistair Darling's 2009 Budget report signalled the end of tax breaks for owners of UK based holiday homes. However, in the short-term, owners of holiday homes elsewhere in Europe have been granted a tax rebate for this tax previously only available to UK-based holiday home owners...
Tax return time is fast approaching in France. Income tax returns for 2008 income must be made before 31st May and Wealth Tax returns for assets owned on 1st January 2009 by 15th June. Rupert Holderness of Siddalls France examines what has changed...
More and more people each year are deciding to leave the UK to move overseas, with France continuing to be one of the most popular destinations. Richard Bayle, European Director of Siddalls, gives us the low-down on why seeking financial advice is of great importance when moving to France.
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The French have always welcomed the British becoming resident in their country but they have just made this welcome even warmer by offering a significant tax break to all new residents...
At The France Show the FrenchEntrée team decided to interview some of their key clients who were exhibiting. We asked Duncan Campbell of Siddalls if he had any key advice for those moving to France. He said that because everyone’s circumstances differ, his advice would be to seek advice, especially since taxes are so different in France...
Many owners like to let out their second homes in France when they are not using them. But what are the tax implications for this? David Franks, Chief Executive of Blevins Franks, explains... 
Spending more time in France and enjoying la belle vie can be very tempting especially once you’ve found that dream home from home, but make sure you don’t run the risk of unwittingly becoming tax resident in France explains Kate Brehaut Director of La Belle Vie Guernsey.
A new tax year in France has arrived and with it some changes to French taxation. For FrenchEntrée readers who are likely to become tax residents in France during 2009, or who are already tax resident in France, here is a summary of the main points of the new budget.
Siddalls have helped many expats set up life in France. With a team of experts in both the UK and France, their bespoke service has been designed to make moving your finances across the channel as plain sailing as possible. Find out who your local French adviser is and read about their experiences...
There will be many things to do in arranging a move to France and a lot of people to tell. You should inform the UK tax authorities of your departure and also inform the French tax authorities of your intention to live permanently in France as Bill Blevins of Blevins Franks explains...
Many expats who are now classified as tax residents of France would have received bills for Contributions Sociales in October and may been wondering exactly what they are.
There is a lot of confusion amongst British expatriates in France as to where their estates will be liable to inheritance tax, Rupert Holderness, Managing Director of Siddalls France explains its implications...
At The France Show the FrenchEntrée team decided to interview some of their key clients who were exhibiting. In her interview, Nicola Goldsmith, of Blevins Franks, discusses how to make the most of your money...
The French tax year is the calendar year running from 1st January to 31st December. If you are a relatively new arrival in France then you will need to know what your tax obligations are in preparing for the tax year...
Baffled by the French tax system? Preparing to leave the UK to set up home in your dream French home? Already there? Duncan Campbell, Associate Director of Siddalls, has some handy hints for both UK residents moving across to France and for British people who are now living in France...
There are a number of issues you may need to take advice on before you move, and when living in France. Here are a couple of case studies which highlight some of the financial issues that Siddalls have helped expats with.
There’s no avoiding the fact that living in France doesn’t suit everybody. For those who are thinking about returning to Britain, Duncan Campbell, associate director of financial experts Siddalls, offers some guidance...
Finally, after more than four years of debate following the publication of an earlier draft in January 2004 (which will now be dropped), on 19th June 2008 a new version of the proposed UK-France Double Taxation Convention (treaty) was signed by representatives of the respective governments.
Financial expert Rob Hesketh looks at the French assurance vie system and how it can help protect our hard-earned funds...
L'Impot sur La Fortune (ISF) is what we would call a wealth tax if we had one here in the UK, but fortunately we do not. It is an annual tax levied on most of your non-professional assets. If you are domiciled in France it is imposed on all your assets, wherever situated in the world.
CGT in France can be a key question for anyone owning a property in France, whether or not they are resident here. Rupert Holderness, Managing Director of Siddalls in France explains the situation
It’s one of the two great certainties of life. But though we all have to pay tax, the way that it’s collected can vary enormously from country to country. Michael Streeter looks at how France differs from Britain
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Georgina Field, of tax and finance specialists Siddalls, looks at the tax implications for a person’s UK savings if they decide to become resident in France
FrenchEntrée is launching a new reader service aimed at helping you understand the complexities of French tax and law issues - with the help of experts from financial advisers Siddalls.
Whilst moving to France is generally seen as a great pleasure, setting up a rental activity (whether as a business or not) can sometimes raise some very grey and occasionally complicated tax and financial areas. Vincent Gray, of VG Consultants, brings us an overall guide to letting French property...
David Anderson, Helen Belle and Graeme Perry of solicitors and chartered tax advisers Sykes Anderson examine the law surrounding the 3% tax payable by non-resident companies on the value of their French property
France has well publicised system of tax credits which apply to certain products. These products are mainly those considered ‘renewable energy’ systems such as solar hot water systems, or for property heating, wood burning stoves and some heat pumps. But beware, there are some hidden conditions to receiving such credits, as Marc Asker explains...
If you let out your French property any income you receive is taxable in France even if you are tax resident elsewhere in the world, says tax expert David Franks of Blevins Franks
Whilst the auto-entrepreneur scheme was advocated as being a tax saver, the next best thing to the ‘Micro’ taxation system, many people are in fact suffering as a result of this new measure, and to their cost, as Michael Annett explains...
It’s an increasingly familiar situation …you want to live in France but carry on working in the UK. Is it possible? And if so, how does it work? Marjorie Mansfield, associate director at financial experts Siddalls, examines the issue
A French version of insurance bonds can cut your tax liability in France, says David Franks of tax specialists Blevins Franks
A new ruling on how tax residency in the UK should be assessed has caused a stir. Here experts Stephan Weber and Claire Randall of solicitors and chartered tax advisers Sykes Anderson LLP assess what impact the case might have in practice
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