RayS

Hi I'm not sure if this is the right place for this query but we've just recently exchanged contracts on our sale in the Tarn, France and need to move most of our furniture etc back to the UK (Suffolk) in April. Does anyone have any recommendations for small scale removal companies please? Cheers for any help or assistance Ray  

I was charged 50 or 60 Euros for getting rid of a huge Frelon (Hornet) nest in our chimney last year. I didn't begrudge it as they were there for a couple of hours and provided all the tools and insecticide and they swept up the several thousand dead hornets that ended up in our living room. Ray

Thanks for all the comments everyone. It looks as though the best thing is to consult an accountant here for definitive advice. Next question: do the UK tax people allow for the cost of capital improvements I have made to the house in the same way as the French tax people do when calculating the gain, and do the UK tax guys allow me to deduct the CGT I will have paid in France from any UK liability, and do they allow for the "natural" inflation in property values over the last 7 years? Hope that's all clear! Thanks to all Ray

[quote user="Anton Redman"]If you are flying a jet the sound of a flat twin is absolote terror.[/quote] I'm not flying a jet Anton, I actually ride a 1987 BMW R80G/S - I expect you'll know what that is? Cheers Ray  

Hi Guys[:'(] In today's Sunday Times (Money Section) there is an article on French Property Taxes inc French Capital Gains tax. The article goes on to say/infer that Capital Gains is ALSO payable to the UK tax authorities on the sale of your French property (maison secondaire) We have had our place in Dept81 for 7 years, so I was aware that we would be due to pay less than the 16% to the French authorities (now 12.8%?). What I was not aware of was that the UK also might want their slice! Does anybody know if this is true and if so how it would be calculated? Sorry if this has already been discussed on the Forum, I did a quick search but couldn't find anything relevant. Cheers Ray