Feb 9, 2021 | Archived, Brexit, Tax Planning, Tax Residency, The Connexion
Last month we talked about residency, Brexit and Freedom of movement, which triggered a flurry of calls and emails from people of a particular situation. I say that it is particular, however, the high volume tells me that that there are enough concerned people to...
Feb 9, 2021 | Archived, Brexit, Tax Residency, The Connexion
Residency has always been an area of confusion, however, with Brexit, this has become more convoluted, due to EU rules, local laws of each country and Schengen rules. Of course, UK nationals, as EU citizens, never had to worry about the right to stay more than a few...
May 7, 2020 | Archived, Tax Declarations, Tax Planning, Tax Residency, The Connexion
Being the month of April (poisson d’avril / April fool) the Connexion have asked me if I could write about tax myths and misconceptions. Mmm… I might need a bit more than half a page for that, so failing the Connexion granting me 50 pages to write about this, I had...
Dec 3, 2009 | Archived, General Commentary, Tax Planning, Tax Residency
Mention the words France and taxation in the same sentence and many will start to stutter and maybe even tremble a little. Living in France is all about the life style isn’t it? Surely high taxation is just a fact of life for those whom living in France is either a...
Dec 17, 2008 | Archived, Tax Residency
You may have noticed that recently (as shown on the chart below) we are more than merely dipping our toes in the weakest zone the Pound has ever found itself against the Euro, but wading waste deep. As of the date of writing (the morning of 17th December 2008), the...
Dec 9, 2008 | Archived, Tax Residency
I will start this article by saying residency is a matter of legislation, it is not a matter of choice. I am often asked “where is it best to pay taxes … France or the UK?” It must be clear that there is no choice; it just depends where you fall...
