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    Cotisations Sociales on Rental Income

    in Long Term Letting

    Posted

    It's to do with the fact that the cotisations sociales go towards French retirement pensions and healthcare costs. As UK state pensioners aren't affiliated to the French system and have their costs covered by the UK, it was ruled at the European Court of Justice in April that they should not pay such charges.

    Cotisations Sociales on Rental Income

    in Long Term Letting

    Posted

    Well, my head is spinning even more now. Reading the instructions on how to fill in the tax form, after entering the gross income,

    une déduction forfaitaire de 30% sera ensuite automatiquement appliquée par l'administration

    which I understand to mean 30% will be taken off the taxable amount, leaving 70% taxable income. Please tell me where I'm going wrong and why would 71% rather than 70% apply to you?

    Thanks again.

    Buying studio with Tenant whose rent is paid by the CAF

    in Long Term Letting

    Posted

    We've been looking for a studio to rent out to ensure a small income in euros.  4 have come up for sale in one building, owned by the same landlord.  3 are currently rented, one of which has a tenant who's been there 4 years and has his rent paid by the CAF.  Can anyone offer advice as to whether this would be a wise purchase?  I've been looking into buying property to rent out for a long time so am well aware of the general pitfalls of being a landlord but have no knowledge of rents paid by the CAF.

    Thanks in advance for any advice.

    Pep's and Nos Chers Voisins, TF1

    in French Language

    Posted

    My internet connection is very slow this morning so I've looked in some old newspapers to find the times of the broadcasts:  Wednesday, Nos Chers Voisins is broadcast at 20.35 and PEP's (funny about the apostrophe, isn't it?) at 20.45 for 5 minutes.  But you can watch replays of NCV here:

    http://www.tf1.fr/nos-chers-voisins/?xtmc=nos-chers-voisins&xtcr=2

    PEP's is about the relationships between parents, pupils and profs at school/college and NCV is about the random encounters of  a variety of people living in a block of flats. They're both comedies.  I like the idea of being able to replay the episodes so that what may be almost incomprehensible first time round begins to make sense with repetition, just like re-listening to a recorded phone message.

    Pep's and Nos Chers Voisins, TF1

    in French Language

    Posted

    I recently read in the Nouvelle Republique about these two short soaps on TF1.  Pep's has not long started and Nos Chers Voisins has been broadcast since last year.  What appealed to me was the length of broadcasts - they seem to be between 2 and 15 minutes long and I thought this would be great for improving French.  Most people can concentrate for that long.  Once you get to know the characters, there's always the desire to know 'what happens next' which encourages you to keep watching.  I just watched a little bit of Pep's and it's quite funny.  There's a lot of expressive body language to help you follow what's going on.

    Has anyone watched these or fancy giving them a try?

    Transcription - What status AE?

    in Earning a Living

    Posted

    What a list!  I had just found

    http://www.auto-entrepreneur.fr/forum/topic3399.html

    so decided I would come under 'professions libérales non-réglementées', 'secrétaires à domicile' being the nearest I could find to transcription work.

    I'll have a good look at the code list.  Thank you.

    Expat Shield & Anchorfree Download Manager 2.10

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    Merci mille fois, Danny!  At last Expat Shield is downloaded and working.  The anchor thing was still going strong when I came back from shopping, 6 hours +.  I still don't know what that is all about.  All I wanted was what I now have.  Norman, thank you for your advice but I have had Expat Shield before without problems.  I had read that it was best to untick the toolbar box and also only turn on the programme when needed rather than have it going all the time.  This way I didn't have any probs.  Thanks all.

    Expat Shield & Anchorfree Download Manager 2.10

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    Yes, thanks, I saw that.  It's now been running 2 hours 17 mins. I've found an Expat Shield Facebook page where I've posed the question.  Someone on there has complained that it took 20 minutes for the download manager to initialise.  I should be so lucky!  I downloaded Expat Shield once before and the process was short and sweet.  But I'm reassured that the process is as it should be, just taking a lot longer.  According to speedtest,  my connection is slower than 80 per cent of France.  Time for a bit of gardening then.

    Propagation and Fungicide

    in Gardening

    Posted

    That's very encouraging.  I'm happy to forget about fungicide. Glad to hear you're successful without using plastic bags as I've always found this too much fiddling about.  I'm trying a few using the top half of plastic water bottles.  I leave the tops off so that air can circulate.

    I do use hormone rooting powder though just to increase the odds.

    Propagation and Fungicide

    in Gardening

    Posted

    I am new to propagation and have had a little success with geraniums and buddleia.  Now I want to try several other shrubs and increase my chances of success.  Is spraying the cuttings with fungicide desirable?  Can someone recommend a brand name available in France?  Thank you for any tips.[:)]

    Urgent Advice re Maltreated Chiens de Chasse

    in Animal Welfare, Rescue & Protection

    Posted

    Thanks for your response.

    I thought there was a Niort SPA.  If not, is that why the proposed DS trappage scheme has been abandoned?  Some friends and I had volunteered for that but have heard nothing.

    There's a 'server not found' message for the first link you gave.  I've emailed the second link.

    The dogs are  in 79420, probably defined as north DS. 

    Do you have any advice about the possibility of a hunting dog becoming a pet?  Thank you.

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