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Undeclared self-employment earnings cost France €7billion a year

Two out of three ‘auto-entrepreneurs’ such as Uber drivers and builders work ‘on the black’, new figures show

Two million independent workers in France to see social charges drop

Artisans, salespeople, heads of businesses, farmers and micro-entrepreneurs are among those to benefit dependent on their income

Urssaf: French social security contributions agency hit by scammers

The agency has warned people to be ‘extra careful’ as the number of scams targeting its members has increased recently

Brexit: How to reclaim overpaid French social charges

UK residents and UK S1 holders in France who paid 17.2% social charges on certain incomes last year, can now put in refund claims to the tax office

Self-employed in France? Tax and social charge declarations simplified

The separate déclaration sociale has been abolished from this year for most small businesses under the réel tax regime

France no longer tops international tax list

The OECD has published its annual report, in which it measures of taxes and social contributions in relation to 37 countries’ GDP.

What Britons in France can expect from the taxman in 2021

In this month's money column, Bill Blevins looks forward to 2021 and what income tax, social charges and more will look like next year

Reader wins a €1,200 French social charges refund

A reader is to receive a €1,200 refund of French social charges after he was prompted by an August 2019 Connexion article to apply to his tax office

Non-resident in France refund deadline

People eligible for social charge refunds because they are not affiliated to French social security should apply for refunds for levies in 2017 by the end of December.

Claim refunds of social charges on French incomes

Social charge exemption and S1s in France

I read two articles recently saying holding an S1 can only exempt you from social charges on UK pension incomes and another saying it reduces your charges on investment incomes. Is this not contradictory? A.R.

Homeopathy: French MPs oppose reimbursement decision

A group of 45 French MPs have written an open letter in favour of homeopathy and in opposition to the government’s decision this month to end all State reimbursement of the medicine by 2021.

French social charges on UK pensions

My wife and I, both 76, were charged social charges last year.

Court orders refund over non-resident social charges

People who have had social charges levied on income from property and investments despite not being affiliated to the French social security system (notably, because they do not live in France) are again being advised to apply for refunds after a new court ruling.

How will lost investment cost me?

I invested £26,000 via a UK company in 2011 which was lost due to mismanagement. My solicitors recovered £19,200 this year but, as this recovers only part of my investment, is it liable for tax or social charges? J.G.

Your personal tax allowance is still valid in the EEA

We have a house in Brittany and plan to retire there when my husband is 65 in January 2020. He has a UK army pension which will be taxed in the UK under the dual tax agreement with France but will he still have his tax-free allowance (we may rent out our house in England and I read in a recent Connexion that rental income is taxable in the UK after personal tax allowance)? S.H.

30% tax alert may spark rush for PEL savings

Property savings plans and larger assurance vie holdings face a flat-rate tax levy of 30% on interest from next year, the government has announced.

French man wrongly declared dead fights to prove life

A man from near Albi in the Tarn (Occitanie), who was wrongly declared dead, is having to prove he is still alive to the French authorities.

Will early-retirees have to pay new Puma charge?

Is it correct that retired people who pay social charges on pension income will now have to pay the cotisation subsidiaire maladie (CSM) which has replaced the old CMU payments? We pay social charges on our company pensions and on a very small amount of interest. We are not at UK state pension age yet. CS

Stand up for your rights on social levies

No changes have been made to the rules concerning social charges and UK state pensions or UK rental income – so if these have been wrongly levied on this type of income you have until the end of 2019 to lodge a complaint.

Refunds of social levies hit by delays

Out of 20,000 applications for reimbursement of social charges paid by non-residents living elsewhere in the EU on French property income (such as rents or capital gains) only 11,000 cases have so far been resolved, says a senator for French expats.

Social charges and non-residents' capital gains

I am being told that despite a ruling by the European Court, social charges on capital gains for non-residents have been reimposed from January 2016. Is this correct?

Refunds on social charges

Reader's query on whether they should constantly keep asking for refunds on social charges.

Working 'on the black' may cost dear

Britons receive suspended jail terms after being taken to court by Urssaf

Lawyer challenges social charges on EU pensioners and non residents

Paris court could hear 300 cases over levies that may be 'unfair'

Do working pensioners pay social charges?

I AM on a low income following a divorce that came after I retired from working in a profession libérale (self-employed profession). I had paid into French social security caisses, but not enough to build up much pension, and I receive the ASPA pension top-up benefit and French healthcare. If I need to supplement income with becoming an auto-entrepreneur will I need to pay all of the social contributions again? M.W.

Social charges

Undeclared self-employment earnings cost France €7billion a year

Two million independent workers in France to see social charges drop

Urssaf: French social security contributions agency hit by scammers

Can self-employed workers in France diversify from stated activity?

Online tax declarations open: One update is for Britons post-Brexit

French social charge reduction: How can we prove NHS ‘membership’?

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