One rarely thinks about the future sale of a property when acquiring it.
Nevertheless, the tax treatment of any future gain arising on disposal may be
heavily reliant on the trail of evidence accumulated over the years of ownership
and available at the time of sale...French Property
In this section we have practical advice, information and fact sheets about buying French property, selling your French home, renting or letting French property. Our property section also contains essential information regarding French property laws, property taxes and inheritance. Our latest property fact sheets are listed below or you can select a category from the French property menu above.
What taxes do you pay in France on any gain realised from the sale of your French Property?
- Virginie Deflassieux, French Tax Senior Manager at PKF (Guernsey) Limited
- French Property: Legal & Taxes
One rarely thinks about the future sale of a property when acquiring it.
Nevertheless, the tax treatment of any future gain arising on disposal may be
heavily reliant on the trail of evidence accumulated over the years of ownership
and available at the time of sale...Local Taxes: tax d'habitation and taxe fonciere
- French Property: Legal & Taxes
As an owner/occupier of French property, you will receive 2 or 3 tax bills a
year. Taxe foncière is a land tax payable by the owner of the property. Even if there are no buildings on the land...Protecting Your Spouse (After you're gone)
- French Property: Legal & Taxes
One aspect of French succession law that often horrifies British purchasers of property in France is how little protection it affords to the poor widow or widower left behind after the first death...The Conditions in your Purchase Contract
- French Property: Legal & Taxes
There are 3 types of conditions in a purchase contract. If you want to add conditions into a contract, it is important to understand their effect and the difference between them...Domicile (A Foot in Both Camps)
- French Property: Legal & Taxes
I am buying a holiday home in the Lot. I am going to look at schools just
outside Paris for my daughter who is 7 years old because I may want to commute
from Paris to London, where I work. This means I would have a house just outside
Paris, another in London and a holiday home in the Lot. How does that work?French Estate Planning
- French Property: Legal & Taxes
There are a few simple steps you can take before you become the owner of French property and sometimes afterwards, to ensure that your French estate is...Building Surveys - A roof over your head
- Buying French Property
Chartered
Building Surveyor Martin Quirke FRICS takes a look at the most common problems
encountered with French roofs, from what to look out for to the different
roofing materials used...The Role of the Notaire in France
- Buying French Property
A Notaire in France has a wide role, apart from dealing with the purchase, sale,
inheritance or transfer of property in France, the Notaire also advises on
private and family law such as the drawing up of a divorce settlement or
donations between spouses...Do I need a survey for cracks?
- Buying French Property
Is your French property cracking, bulging, bowing or leaning? Chartered Building Surveyor and Architectural Technologist Martin Quirke relates his considerable experience of dealing with structural cracks in French property...
Have Your French Home Made To Measure
- Buying French Property
So what are the advantages of buying a brand, spanking new home? First, you get to choose the type of property; in some instances you may even be able to specify layout...Sous la table - Buyer and Seller Beware
- Buying French Property
Even though new laws and regulations have attempted to stamp it out this kind of house purchase fraud is still surprisingly common in France today despite the heavy fines and...
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