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The list of your questions answered in our new helpguide

It is always a good idea to review your tax planning once a year. As tax regulations and rates change, your current arrangements may be out of date or not working as effectively as you originally expected. If your personal circumstances have changed you may also find you need to adjust your tax planning.

So, let’s look at the key changes and considerations for 2019. PAYE has finally started in France, we have a new social charges rate for some taxpayers and tougher measures for not disclosing foreign accounts. And, of course, there is Brexit…

Opting for dégroupage total with your ADSL or fibre optic internet can save you €18 a month in landline fees.

I turned 65 in July last year. How do I show the taxman that for the first half of the year my income should be assessed for social charges but not the second half?  D.L.

Change allowing clients access to 'free' glasses, dental prostheses and hearing aids comes into effect nearly two years before government's healthcare reforms make it mandatory

The inside story of readers who have had operations in France – and how they found the health service. This month, Gillian Harvey speaks to Lauren Noirault about her Caesarean section.

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We are selling up in France to return to the UK and have found a buyer. At what stage do we receive the money? What fees and taxes are due? Should we involve an English solicitor?

We had a geometric survey advising boundary shifts but cannot get our mairie, which owns the adjoining land, to sign them off, so we cannot sell our house. What can we do?  P.M.

Change allowing clients access to 'free' glasses, dental prostheses and hearing aids comes into effect nearly two years before government's healthcare reforms make it mandatory

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As an independent worker in France, I believe I do not have any right to unemployment benefit, but that this is changing. When will it happen and how will it work? Is it definite? How will the amount we receive be worked out?  J.S.