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Where Are You Better Off Being Tax Resident – The UK Or France?
In our article UK and French Tax Residence Issues we touched on the UK and Fre
France Taking Tough Stance On Tax Evasion
The UK and Germany signed tax deals with Switzerland this summer whereby Swiss banks will deduct both retrospective and withholding…
Avoiding Double Taxation In France Under The New Treaty
We have had several of our French resident clients contacting us recently to say that their local tax inspector has…
UK And French Tax Residence Issues
The UK government published a consultation paper in June outlining its proposals to introduce a statutory definition of tax residence…
Yet More Tax Increases In France
These are taxing times in France, as well as the rest of Europe. The ink had barely dried on the…
UK Residency Rules And Connecting Factors
Expatriates are used to counting days to establish their tax residency. Many countries including the UK have the ?183 days…
Taking Advice On Your UK Pensions Options
Once you reach retirement age you need to carefully consider all your options for receiving pension income, and how these…
UK Pensions In 2011
2011 saw the introduction of significant changes to the UK pension legislation. While most were welcomed and do provide a…
Implications Of The Switzerland/UK Tax Deal
The recent tax deal between the UK and Switzerland is quite an achievement for the UK Treasury. It will receive…
Yet More Tax Changes in France
2011 is turning out to be an excessively taxing year in France, with its seemingly endless and less welcome tax…
Investing In Volatile Markets ? Pound Cost Averaging
Stockmarkets have been having a tough time recently, with share prices rocked by uncertainty and investor fear. Investors tend to…
Swiss Banks To Tax UK Accounts
In a landmark deal Switzerland has agreed to start deducting tax from all accounts owned by British taxpayers for the…
Are You Planning To Move Abroad?
It?s the time of year when many people visit countries like Spain, France, Portugal, Cyprus and Malta, fall in love…
All That Glitters Is Not Necessarily Gold
One of the hot investment topics of conversation at the moment is gold. It?s been a sought after commodity for…
Interest Rates Look Set To Remain Low
Hands up anyone who thought, back when the Bank of England cut its interest rate to 0.5% in March 2009,…
Unregulated Investments – A Wolf In Sheep?s Clothing
It never stops amazing me that, over the years, each time we have a financial crisis a myriad of investment…
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