Practical

IF YOU declare income in France and have not yet received your avis d’impôt income tax statement, this is normal – they will be arriving soon, at different dates depending on your situation.

I have offices in the UK and France and would like to give my contacts a single number to call me on, avoiding a mobile if possible to save money. Are satellite phones practical? L.S.

I am hoping to purchase a property in France in the next six months. What should I consider regarding exchange rates? F.M.

It is great to be in France in summer, a place often referred to as the most visited country in the world. 

Half of all people living in Ehpad care homes pay €1,949 per month with 10% paying less than €1,653 and 10% paying more than €2,798.

We put questions from readers to the office of Thomas Fatome, director of social security. Several relate to Puma, which replaced CMU de base for people such as early-retirees who have not worked in France.

Organic products have never been so popular, with latest 2016 figures showing more shoppers going “bio”, the opening of new specialists all over France, a rise in the range and amount of organic products in supermarkets and the number of farms converting from conventional methods.

Fabulous large house with guest cottage set in mature gardens on charming island of Île-aux-Moines in Brittany

We bought a holiday home with family friends but they now wish to sell their share. What are the formalities involved to transfer full ownership to us?  A.F.

I am moving house and have asked Orange to transfer my ADSL internet contract to the new address. It has refused saying it will only offer its fibre forfait, which costs nothing extra for the first year but an extra €5 a month after that. I do not need the faster downloads that they promise and am happy with ADSL. How can they get away with this forced ‘upgrade’?  S.R.

A few years ago a UK daily newspaper ran an article on how English people ‘see themselves as kings of their own castles’ while the ‘Germans and French prefer to rent’.

Minister vows to end lottery as 87,000 wait to discover what they will study in year ahead

If camping conjures up images of cooking sausages on a camp stove, sleeping bags and chemical toilets you might want to think again

Homework and the primary school week are two areas where parents may see changes for their children in the next school year as the new Education Minister, Jean-Michel Blanquer, prepares for September’s rentrée.

I read in Connexion that there was to be a big change coming in the way that tax is collected in France with income tax coming out of our pay packet instead of by self-declaration. Now that there is a new president, is that still going to happen and what are the deadlines?