RogerJN

Just to be perfectly clear on CGT - If a French property has been owned for 15 years or more, no CGT is liable in France. However, will the full amount of the gain (less personal allowances etc) still be subject to CGT under UK CGT rules?

If a UK resident sells a French property but leaves the money from the sale in France, is there still a UK CGT liability - however long the property has been owned for.

We have asked a Notaire to draw up a marriage community contract for us as we have recently purchased a French property. We are married with 2 adult children and no previous marriages or children! The Notaire first asked us for "un extrait d’acte de mariage datant de moins de 3 mois". When I offered our original marriage certificate from 1970, he replied that he wanted "un extrait d’acte de mariage, récent,  délivré par la mairie du lieu de mariage." which I have translated as "a marriage certificate, recent, delivered by the town hall of the place of marriage." However, that doesn't mean a lot to us. Has anyone any idea what the Notaire is after?