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Narbonne becomes latest French city to fine people walking shirtless in street
Southern tourist spot says being barefoot is also not appropriate away from beaches
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French police warn of ‘overpaid tax’ email scam
Email claims recipients are owed money by French tax authorities
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Do I need to declare loan interest paid to me to French tax authorities?
Reader received payment back on original amount of €7,000 from friend
Unit for owning up to tax evasion closes
A service allowing tax avoiders to own up and avoid heavier penalties if found out, has closed, having collected €8 billion in tax and penalties
Some 14,000 remaining applications will still be dealt with this year. It opened in 2013 after controversy over the then budget minister who was found to have hidden money abroad.
An increasing number of countries, including all EU ones, are now in theory open to the automatic exchange of information on bank accounts, even if, partly for technical reasons, this is not yet operational everywhere.
