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France’s taxe foncière: ‘I pay per year here what I paid per month in England’
A British resident in rural central France compares her taxe foncière with the property tax she paid in the UK
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Angoulême: Back to old time car racing glamour
English-speaking volunteers are sought for Angoulême’s Circuit des Remparts, where rare Lorraine-Dietrich cars star this month
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Driving licence is set to expire before exchange in France – what can I do?
Some drivers think they can keep driving until the right to drive date shown on the back of the licence has expired, however that is not the case
Problems of private plates
Be aware, if you have private car number plates you wish to sell and are about to move to France, make sure to sell them BEFORE the move.
I had hoped to sell mine but was informed by the DVLA that this was not possible as the car had been officially exported and needed to be “available for inspection”.
Their advice was to take the car back to the UK, re-register, MOT the car and then the plates could be sold – highly impractical!
Interestingly, the UK website through which I had hoped to sell seemed unaware of this.
Peter Hays, by email
