Social charges

Online tax declarations open: One update is for Britons post-Brexit

There are new boxes for new tax credits and a clarification relating to the section for foreign bank accounts and investments

French social charge reduction: How can we prove NHS ‘membership’?

UK residents and S1-holders can still benefit from reduced social charges rates for rental income and property gains with proof of integration into UK healthcare system

Brexit: How to reclaim overpaid French social charges

UK residents and UK S1 holders in France who paid 17.2% social charges on certain incomes last year, can now put in refund claims to the tax office

State gives and takes in new social security law

Changes to CSG social charge voted through by MPs

Social charges refunds

How will lost investment cost me?

I invested £26,000 via a UK company in 2011 which was lost due to mismanagement. My solicitors recovered £19,200 this year but, as this recovers only part of my investment, is it liable for tax or social charges? J.G.

30% tax alert may spark rush for PEL savings

Property savings plans and larger assurance vie holdings face a flat-rate tax levy of 30% on interest from next year, the government has announced.

French man wrongly declared dead fights to prove life

A man from near Albi in the Tarn (Occitanie), who was wrongly declared dead, is having to prove he is still alive to the French authorities.

Stand up for your rights on social levies

No changes have been made to the rules concerning social charges and UK state pensions or UK rental income – so if these have been wrongly levied on this type of income you have until the end of 2019 to lodge a complaint.

Refunds of social levies hit by delays

Out of 20,000 applications for reimbursement of social charges paid by non-residents living elsewhere in the EU on French property income (such as rents or capital gains) only 11,000 cases have so far been resolved, says a senator for French expats.

Social charges and non-residents' capital gains

I am being told that despite a ruling by the European Court, social charges on capital gains for non-residents have been reimposed from January 2016. Is this correct?

Working 'on the black' may cost dear

Britons receive suspended jail terms after being taken to court by Urssaf

Lawyer challenges social charges on EU pensioners and non residents

Paris court could hear 300 cases over levies that may be 'unfair'