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Connexion Helpsheets

The Connexion has compiled a series of helpsheets to explain the practicalities of everyday life in France. They are provided in pdf format viewable in Adobe Acrobat and are updated regularly. If there is a topic or a question about life in France that you would like us to cover which is not listed here please email us the details at help@connexionfrance.com and we will endeavour to find you an answer. A selection of the question and answers will be published (anonymously).
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French Residential Taxes Updated October 2009 with this year's deadlines and exemptions (including income thresholds)

• Taxe d’Habitation
• Taxe Fonciere
• Other French residential taxes
• TV licences in France 		€ 5.00
The role of the Notaire This helpsheet is produced in association with the Conseils des Notaires

Notaires are able to confer an official character on many kinds of documents. In some cases using them is essential (for example marriage contracts and officially-recorded wills), in others it confers extra security.

*When is it obligatory to use a notaire?
*Preliminary procedures
*Drafting and signing a notarised deed
*The formalities
*Probative force and enforceability
*The cost of a notarised deed
*Table of fees
*The notaire in Europe
€ 7.50
Death in France *Formalities
*Burial or Cremation
*Financing a Funeral
*Organ Donation 		€ 5.00
Eco pret - the interest-free loan for green renovations An interest-free loan of up to €30,000 is available to carry out environmental improvements to your home.

Certain of this information has been previously published in The Connexion.

*What sort of work is covered
*How and where to apply
*What the terms on the form mean
*How to complete the application form
*What steps to take to make sure you get the loan 		€ 5.00
Buying or selling a home This helpsheet is in association with the Conseils des Notaires

This 24 page booklet is only available by post and will be sent after receipt of payment.

*The reservation agreement
*The property subject to sale
*Purchase of a co-ownership property
*The purchase price
*Purchase by loan
*The terms of purchase
*Preparation of the deed of sale
*The deed of sale
*Formalities to be performed after the sale
*Acquisition costs
*Capital gains
€ 9.50
French Income Tax: Completing the main 2008 forms *Written for Britons living in France
*Step by step illustrated guide to the form
*How to declare your income from pensions, gites etc
*Exchange rates to use
*French tax deadline dates
*Terminology and concepts of the forms 		€ 5.00
The auto-entrepreneur regime The auto-entrepreneur regime is a simplified version of an existing kind of small business set-up, the micro-entreprise.
Some of the information in the helpsheet has been previously published in The Connexion.

* The status of auto-entrepreneur
* Declaring your business
* Social charges and income tax
* Questions and Answers
* Reader queries addressed 		€ 5.00
Retirement Homes * The different types of home in France
* What to look for when choosing a home
* How dependency and disability are measured and how this affects
care and benefits
* Your legal rights
* The costs of care homes
* What benefits you can draw
* English-speaking care homes
€ 5.00
Buying Property in France - the SCI option This helpsheet is produced in association with the Conseils des Notaires

*What is a Societe Civile Immobiliere - property investment partnership?
*Setting up an SCI
*Running an SCI
*Using an SCI well
*When a partner leaves
*Winding up an SCI 		€ 7.50
Letting out your home to holiday makers This helpsheet comprises information previously published in The Connexion.

* Which homes rent out best
* Key Facts: Furnishings - Documents - Deposit - Taxes - Insurance
* Employing maintenance staff
* Listing as a meuble de tourisme / marketing options 		€ 5.00
Tax rebates for environmentally friendly renovations. Related articles This helpsheet comprises information previously published
in The Connexion.

• Getting EDF to pay you for electricity
• Asbestos, termites, lead: Understand the checks you need
• Three streets of ‘eco-friendly’ homes
• What assistance is thereto help me turn green? – benefit from ‘credits d’impot’ which are offered by the government
• Can I put up a 10m wind turbine?
• How to get ‘tax credits’ for home improvements if you do not pay tax
• Maintenance of gas and other appliances
• Can British pensioners living in France claim the UK fuel allowance?
€ 5.00
CESU - employing people at your home The government’s Cesu system: set up to allow people, gardeners, cleaners etc to legally undertake odd jobs around your home.

Certain of this information has been previously published in The Connexion.

*How to set yourself up as an employer via Cesu
*What you need to pay and to whom
*The tax benefits you can receive
*Exemptions from paying social charges
*Your rights and the rights of the employee
*Whether you need a contract and the laws surrounding employment
*How to end a contract 		€ 5.00
Wealth Tax - ISF Certain of this information has been previously published in The Connexion.

• Who is liable
• What is taxed
• Valuing a property for wealth tax
• Strategies to reduce the tax
• Which regions pay the most tax 		€ 5.00

 
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