FRENCH TAXES FOR EXPATS

A Practical Guide for Non-Residents with Income, Property or Business in France Residence, income, property, wealth, ... file, and the questions to ask before you act

by Marcus Nellot

You do not have to understand the French tax system. You do have to know which questions it asks you. Own an apartment in France? Receive a French pension, rent out a property, run a business with a French client, or expect to inherit a house you have visited every summer since childhood? Then France already has a view about you, and it will not come and find you to explain it. French Taxes for Expats is a working guide for people who live outside France and have income, property or business interests there. It assumes no French and no prior knowledge. It follows the order in which questions actually arise, and it tells you what to do next. Inside: Residence, the question that governs every other answer, and how it is really decided. How to read your tax treaty in ten minutes, and what it cannot do for you. Employment income, pensions, dividends and rental income, furnished and unfurnished. Property: buying, holding, wealth tax, and how a gain is computed when you sell. The social levy reduction that many owners are entitled to and never claim. Business, permanent establishment, VAT and cross-border social security. Inheritance, gifts, family structures and the exit charge. Filing, audits, claims, and how to put right years that have gone wrong. Written to stay useful. You will not find a single tax rate or threshold in these pages. French figures change with every finance act, so this book explains how each rule works and names the authority that publishes the current value. What you learn here will still be true next year. With more than sixty worked examples, fifty questions answered briefly, eight model letters to the tax office, a French to English glossary, and six situations followed from beginning to end, from the holiday home owner to the heir. General information on French tax law and practice. Not tax or legal advice; verify current figures and take professional advice on your own situation.

Published

self-published (Amazon KDP)

ASIN

B0HG5SVJRT

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on September 2, 2026, by the author