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• French Rental Income Tax - UK Residents Do not Miss the Deadline!
  
  If you have rented out your French property in 2005 even for only a few weeks, you should be aware that the income is taxable in France under the provisions of the UK-France Double Taxation Tax Treaty.
  
  

• Same Sex Couples Purchasing Property in France
  
  France was ahead of the UK when in 1999 it created the “PaCS” or “Pacte Civil de Solidarité”. The PaCS is open to same-sex couples or heterosexual couples. It is a contract designed to regulate the life of the couple and with a primary responsibility of providing each other with mutual and material aid and dealing with the payment of joint living expenses.
   

• Things to be aware of when buying a property in France
  
  The law regarding buying and owning property in France is markedly different from the laws that govern property purchases in the UK.
  

• What do do if someone dies leaving French assets
  
  If someone dies while living in France or lives outside France but leaves French property the situation is markedly different to that in the UK.
  

• How much tax to pay
  
  Under French law, an individual who owns a property in France, whether a tax resident or a non-resident is taxed on his capital gains on the sale of that property.
  
  

• Professional Advisers
   
  We regularly work with a range of professional advisers in providing expert French advice for their clients and are happy to work alongside you or deal direct with your client, referring back to you in this case for any relevant issues or linked areas of advice.
  

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Le spécialiste de la maison de campagne
dans les Deux-Sèvres et la Vendée



         



Thanks to their closeness to the sea, the Deux-Sèvres and Vendée départements enjoy a gentle climate with 2,600 hours annual sunshine on average, similar to the Côte d’Azur in the south of France, but have the additional attraction of verdant countryside.