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I am hopefully going to be moving to France this autumn (dept.24).  My husband will be staying and working in the UK, commuting back and forth on weekends/holidays etc. We need some tax advice, can anyone recommend a good tax advisor?  Are we better using someone that is UK based or France based?

I was so pleased to have read some encouraging messages!  We are hoping to move to southern Dordogne in the autumn, I have two sons aged 8 and 6, my sister and her 12 year old son is also moving with us.  I have just read the book "More France Please, We're British" - don't know if anyone else has had this unfortunate experience? - as it is full of horror stories about how just about everything can go wrong when you move to France!  The chapter on Education gave me nightmares! as it told of the terrible unfriendly, uncreative french education system, with poor british children struggling to cope and ending up back in the UK.  I'm sure like everything in life some adults as well as children cope better than others, and for every disaster story there are dozens of happy stories (I hope!).  However, having read this book and with the move getting closer and closer the nerves are jangling a bit, so it's nice to read some friendly and cheerful messages from families who have made the leap and come out the other side feeling better for it!

We are hoping to move to the southern Dordogne in the autumn and are going to need a lhd car.  From what I can see second-hand cars in France seem expensive and the one's I have seen also have high mileage.  I'd rather not buy in the UK as from what I have read the cost and hassle involved in re-registering in France can be a nightmare.  Can anyone advise which is likely to be the best option - the UK, France or what about importing from any other european country?  I'm looking for something like a Berlingo, 3 to 6 years old, preferably low mileage, diesel.