Rise in property wealth tax inspections on homeowners in France Owners are advised to check if their property value exceeds the tax threshold on January 1, 2024
Does an increase in French property prices mean more pay wealth tax? We look at determining the eligibility and calculation criteria for property wealth tax in France
Seven tax considerations to check when moving to France permanently Partner article: Pensions and investments are just two areas where you could pay less tax, says Rob Kay from Blevins Franks
practical How much do you need to earn to count as rich in France? Around 4.5 million people fall within this rich line threshold in France, which equates to seven per cent of the population
Dates set for declaring French property wealth tax this year Impôt sur la fortune immobilière (IFI) declarations should be made at the same time as income tax declarations, although the deadline depends on the region on France
Explained: France’s property wealth tax is not as scary as you think Partner article: People often want to avoid it at all costs, but in reality it should be perfectly manageable for many/most of those liable to pay it
France’s wealth tax nets €1.8bn The property wealth tax IFI, which replaced ISF, is bringing in more than expected – €1.8billion this year, up from €1.3billion in 2018.
Happy 2019 to everyone living in ‘tax haven’ France “France as a tax haven” – a few years ago, we ran a series of seminars with this very heading and they were all well attended, even if only by people wanting to poke fun at the notion (but who actually left confounded).
People need to feel tax justice It did not go unnoticed by protesters that on the same day President Macron spoke to the nation with concessions, the Senate voted through changes to the Exit Tax. Currently, rich business people who leave France must pay a tax on the ‘latent capital gains’ of their business shares of 30% if they sell them within 15 years – this was reduced to two to five years. We spoke to two tax experts about tax justice.
IFI property tax 'could be abolished' The controversial IFI property wealth tax which replaced the ISF wealth tax this year could be abolished if the government believes it does not work, a government spokesman has admitted.
Plan for your coming tax year in France French residents have just had the pleasure of completing and submitting their household income tax returns for 2017 income. Working out how much tax we owe can be a bit of an eye-opener, so this is a good time to review your tax planning to see if you can improve the situation for next year’s return.
ISF tax becomes IFI property tax President Macron is pressing full steam ahead with plans to abolish the current version of France’s wealth tax next year and replace it with a version based only on property wealth.
MPs 'repeal and replace' ISF wealth tax ISF 'solidarity' tax paid by 350,000 households with a net worth of more than €1.3million to be replaced by a property tax
Final wealth tax deadline for non-residents France is one of the last few countries in the continent of Europe to still levy a tax on wealth – if you are eligible to pay ISF wealth tax you should note that the final declaration and payment deadline (for non-residents) is coming up. Taxman to pay for information on wealthy people living in France but not paying tax Labrador Tag Feed Labrador Tag Feed