Today is: 04 September 2010
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Articles
French property / conveyancing
- Avoiding French Stamp Duty
- Under the table payments – recent French court case.
- Buyers Market – negotiate a better deal as an "Acte en Main"
- David Anderson of Sykes Anderson LLP assisted Philip and Jude Reddaway to realize their dream of moving to France
- Stamp Duty on Share Sales of companies owning French property
- France's bid for offshore funds could hit UK property market - IFAonline
- Law change to boost French sale and leaseback property, says Pierre & Vacances - 4 June 2009
- Developers taking options over French property
- Private Mortgage Finance in France for Developers
- Right from the Start - What happens if a property you are buying doesn't comply with planning regulations
- French Estate Agents and Mandates
- Implications of building not complying with French planning regulations
- French Conveyancing on Divorce
- Investment in French properties by residents from countries which have no tax treaty with France including Monaco
- Changes to the French 3% tax on the market value of French Land
- Swimming Pools and Pontoons
- Buying a Property with a Change of Planning Permission
- “Lesion” - dangers of buying French property at an undervalue.
- Renting Out Your Property in France
- Tax Agents Fees for Capital Gains on Sales of French Property
- Liability to VAT: What are the rules in France? Q and A
- Fondation du Patrimoine
- Changes to the French law relating to VAT on leasebacks
- Buying a leaseback with your SIPP and yourself
- Financing your property purchase via a Monaco bank
- How ROI residents can use Irish pension money to buy French property
- How to structure a SIPP purchase of French property for syndicates
- The Hypothèque Rechargeable
- Time limits for applying for a mortgage
- Pollution and natural risks relating to French property - new rules in force from 1st June 2006
- Buying French property by buying shares in an SCI
- Pre-Contract Enquiries
- Buying new build property
- Buying residential property in France FAQ's
- Selling a French Property - Contractual Issues
- Buyer's liability for Agent's Commission and Money Sous la table
- Buyer's Liability for Agent’s Commissions and Money “sous la table”
- Fees on purchasing French Property
- French Conveyancing procedure
- French property sale and purchase in sterling
- La déclaration d'insaisissabilité - protect your French home
- VAT and French property
- FAQ's on fees for buying French property with a SIPP
Probate
- Living Wills in France providing how you are to be treated at the end of your life
- Why do probates in France take so long and what can be done to speed them up?
- What is the process that will need to be followed to deal with a French probate?
General
- Le Prêt Viager Hypothécaire
- French Healthcare
- French Sale and Leaseback
- French social security contributions
- Make the French Connection * (This an Adobe pdf file. The file size is 670K so this may be a slow download.)
- What can go wrong in France – and does …
- What is a vente en viager and how does it work?
Pensions (SIPPs)
- French residents - taxation of pension funds in drawdown on death
- Selling Your Leaseback to Your SIPP - October 2007 update
- Selling your leaseback to your SIPP
- Interest grows in property schemes
- How to own your own slice of paradise
- How ROI residents can use Irish pension money to buy French property
- SIPPs in France after 5th April 2006
- Wealthy cash in on holiday flat loophole
Tax
- Avoiding French Stamp Duty
- Elderly Clients in France
- French Tax Exchange Agreements with Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Cayman, Bahamas, Turk & Cacaos, Gibraltar and BVI now in force
- Tax savings on a move to France - new 50% income tax exemption
- France's new Trust Law
- Crossing the Channel has its attractions (Sunday Times)
- French Trust Law comes into force
- France Exchange of Tax Information with, Jersey, Guernsey, Man, Cayman and BVI
- Jersey - Guernsey – Isle of Man - BVI tax agreements with France
- Avoiding French Wealth Tax
- Stamp Duty Avoidance Scheme
- "not a lot of people know that"
- Income Tax exemption for salaried executives and directors who become French Resident
- Comparison of Inheritance Tax in the UK and France
- Civil Partners with French assets – Is the situation improving?
- Ways of avoiding French Wealth Tax for non residents
- Cash in Hand - Estate planning for UK residents and dying in France
- Living in France and working in Switzerland
- Civil Partners with French assets - Is the situation improving?
- Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man - Tax Agreements with France
- New UK - France double tax treaty to come into effect 2010
- New UK - France Tax Treaty - Wealth Tax "holiday"
- DON MANUEL and gifts of cash
- Business property relief in France
- Tax shield in France
- Share buybacks in UK companies by French residents
- Tax discrimination against UK civil partners in France
- Effects of the new UK-France Double Tax Treaty on tax planning
- UK tax discrimination against UK residents investing in French property.
- Abridged Transcript of French and Monaco Tax Planning Seminar given by David Anderson on 20 May 2008
- Effect of Chancellor's New Capital Gain Tax and Non-Domicile Tax Rules on investors in French Leasebacks
- French Revenue Collecting UK Taxes
- Changes to the French 3% tax on the market value of French Land
- Capital Gains on Sale of a French Property by a UK Limited Company
- Tax Agents Fees for Capital Gains on Sales of French Property
- Liability to VAT: What are the rules in France? Q and A
- Tax residency after the Gains-Cooper case
- The European Savings Tax Directive
- Extracting cash from a UK company tax-free
- Deemed Income Rules on French Homes
- French gift tax (and its relationship with UK CGT)
- French Capital Gains Tax new rules from 1st January 2004
- French tax-free or tax-efficient investments
- French Wealth Tax
- French Wealth Tax Q&A
- How can tax planning help me?
- The main French taxes - have you given any thought to them?
- Micro-BIC or Simplified Real ? Don’t get caught out
- (Micro-)foncier or (Micro-)BIC ?
- Reclaiming French VAT on new French properties
- SCI - Inheritance Tax
- SCI - Inheritance Tax Q and As
- Tax rebates for French tax residents owning shares in UK companies
- How to sell your buy to lets and pay no Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
- Taxe professionnelle
- The power and authority of le Fisc français
- Wealth Tax Discrimination against Non-Residents
- Why it's not too early to take legal and tax advice