Tax Residency

It would be something of an understatement to say that Brexit brought profound changes to the UK’s relationship with broader Europe. That is not, of course, merely the case on a governmental level; many UK nationals who aspire to move to France, or who may have...

France is a beautiful place to live; however, relocating from the UK can bring various challenges and risks. Over our years of providing financial advice to British expats in France, we have seen many common mistakes, and we would not want you to repeat them....

One of the aspects, of your life in France, that you will need to be most mindful of, as a British national, is your status as far as french tax residency is concerned. A lot of confusion and uncertainty can reign on the subject of residence, not least because...

Over the years, but particularly since Brexit, we have met a number of people who are prepared to bend all sorts of rules in order to avoid becoming French resident. Even though, in reality, they would prefer to spend most of their time in France, or at least to have...

Last month we talked about residency, Brexit and Freedom of movement, which triggered a flurry of calls and emails from people of a particular situation. I say that it is particular, however, the high volume tells me that that there are enough concerned people to...

Being the month of April (poisson d’avril / April fool) the Connexion have asked me if I could write about french tax myths and misconceptions. Mmm… I might need a bit more than half a page for that, so failing the Connexion granting me 50 pages to write about this, I...

You may have noticed that recently, we are more than merely dipping our toes in the weakest zone the Pound has ever found itself against the Euro, but wading waste deep. As of the date of writing (the morning of 17th December 2008), the Pound buys just €1.1045 and...

I will start this article by saying french residency rules are a matter of legislation, it is not a matter of choice. I am often asked "where is it best to pay taxes ... France or the UK?" It must be clear that there is no choice; it just depends where you fall within...