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Your financial future starts now: How to plan with confidence
As the world around us becomes more complex and uncertain, having clarity over our finances can be genuinely reassuring. While we cannot control the...
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Tax Rises In Europe
These are taxing times across Europe as governments impose austerity measures to enable them to meet their ambitious, but imperative,…
UK And Local Tax Residence Issues
The UK government published a consultation paper in June outlining its proposals to introduce a statutory definition of tax residence…
Saving Tax In Spain And Investing In Sterling
The usual advice for British expatriates is to match the currency of their assets to that of their liabilities, so…
Where Are You Better Off Being Tax Resident ? The UK Or Spain?
The Spanish tax system is very different from that in the UK and many other countries. Many people who have…
UK And Spain Tax Residence Issues
The UK government published a consultation paper in June outlining its proposals to introduce a statutory definition of tax residence…
Trusts Are Not Trusted In France
As part of the amended Finance Act for 2011, which came into force on 30th July 2011, the French authorities…
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…
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