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I would be very grateful if you could point me to where that is stated - French or English. Our unexpected additional tax bill has arrived along with various other bills - as is apt to happen!
I have done some searching and found reference to a late 2015 decision by the French government following the European decision against previous introduction. It would seem logical that the new version cannot be retrospectively applied. Can logic be applied to French tax?!! - I know if often does not to UK.
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I have done some searching and found reference to a late 2015 decision by the French government following the European decision against previous introduction. It would seem logical that the new version cannot be retrospectively applied. Can logic be applied to French tax?!! - I know if often does not to UK.
Thanks very much
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Well, I suspect it's debatable
The change in law came in from January 2016. In an informal discussion with my tax office a couple of months ago, my conseiller told me that it would apply to 2016 income. But I know that some tax offices are applying it to 2015 income for tax bills received in 2016!
I've not received my avis yet so it'll be interesting to see what happens.
The change in law came in from January 2016. In an informal discussion with my tax office a couple of months ago, my conseiller told me that it would apply to 2016 income. But I know that some tax offices are applying it to 2015 income for tax bills received in 2016!
I've not received my avis yet so it'll be interesting to see what happens.
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I too have had a very nasty surprise this year with social charges added at more than double my income tax, making my tax bill this year over 500% more than last.
I am resident in France but have private pensions in the UK and have bought private health cover, and as such am and will be no burden on the state.
I have queried this with my accountant and have a friend who works for the tax department who I will also speak to off the record, but from the notes with the tax demand this now applies to furnished rentals as well as unfurnished rentals.
All the more reason to pack it in next year and draw from the pensions instead!
I am resident in France but have private pensions in the UK and have bought private health cover, and as such am and will be no burden on the state.
I have queried this with my accountant and have a friend who works for the tax department who I will also speak to off the record, but from the notes with the tax demand this now applies to furnished rentals as well as unfurnished rentals.
All the more reason to pack it in next year and draw from the pensions instead!
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does anyone have any idea of the act that would apply, ie is it the one we write on the form for the exemption to social charges on pensions ?The change in law came in from January 2016. In an informal discussion with my tax office a couple of months ago, my conseiller told me that it would apply to 2016 income. But I know that some tax offices are applying it to 2015 income for tax bills received in 2016!
Well I just received mine and the social charges were included, almost doubling the tax rate from 20% to 39%. It would have been 35% but they added a majoration of 10% on both income tax and social charges because I submitted my return three days after the deadline ! It''s worth noting that they are only charging non-residents the basic social charges, ie no healthcare or pension contributions, which of course makes sense. Actually I think its quite reasonable for them to expect non-residents running businesses in France to contribute to theoretically paying off their national debt and I'm surprised they never did it before. I mean there can hardly be a lot of support in the French Government for non-residents running businesses in France especially as such a lot of them are British !French Cricket wrote:Well, I suspect it's debatable
The change in law came in from January 2016. In an informal discussion with my tax office a couple of months ago, my conseiller told me that it would apply to 2016 income. But I know that some tax offices are applying it to 2015 income for tax bills received in 2016!
I've not received my avis yet so it'll be interesting to see what happens.
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Yep, Brits here are entitled to the same level of social support as French people (so long as we're in the EU, of course, or they've already established permanent residency rights) - the assistante sociale attached to the local mairie is the place to start as they oversee all applications for aide and can give very useful advice.