Simon

Many thanks for the replies. As I suspected, 11% was too good to be true, perhaps this is his only income and the tax rate starts at 11%?  I'll look into the micro-foncier regime, and read the above link also. Can anyone recommend someone who specializes or advises on French income tax? Thanks

Hi, Could anyone point me in the right direction regards to paying tax in France on income from long term lets of property in France? A French neighbour told me that there is a flat rate of 11% on this sort of income, however I've returned home now and I wasn't able to quiz him further on this. I would be delighted if this were true! I live and pay income tax in Scotland. Thanks

Many thanks for the detailed replies and links, now I have something definite to go on.  We are just thinking about selling and haven't come to a decision yet. Simon  

I believe that previously if you'd owned your house for over twenty years, there was no capital gains tax to be paid.  Now the time period has been increased to thirty years, is this correct?  I've owned my house for twenty years, if I was to sell, what percentage of  CGT would I have to pay? Thanks

Many thanks for the answers.  I've googled pince à sertir, and that is exactly what I need, only wish I'd bought one years ago! Chancer, you've answered a question I didn't even know that I'd needed to ask, as I'll be going higher than 3m high, I now know how to do that as well, thanks. :)

Hi,   As the title says, I have previously used plasterboard screws, but find that they're a pain as they slip a lot. What do you use or what am I doing wrong?   Thanks

Well done Andy!  To come back in the fifth set the way he did was just excellent.  Great tennis match from both players.  What a way to win your first grand slam!

Thanks JJ, all understood now!

Ah, so we're only talking about 26 euros here. Yours, no longer worried.

JustJohn,  your figures of 2183 and 19,700 euros don't seem to add up in relation to the percentages quoted.  Are you saying that you have to pay 21,883 euros tax on a planning application? Yours worried, Simon

[quote user="pachapapa"] The TLE in gourgé is zero %  this is set at a municipal level; however the TDENS in deux-sèvres is higher at 1,2 % than in 24 at 0,5 %. VILLE.........Gourgé   TAUX de TLE......zero %   TAUX de TDENS......1,2 %   TAUX de TDCAUE.....0,3 % Click on the map in right margin. http://www.serenis-consulting.fr/ [/quote] Thanks for the link.  I'm shortly going to be applying for planning permission. In my area TDENS is 0.8% and TDCAUE is 0.3%.  Question is, percentage of what?  Is there a way in advance to calculate the tax which will have to be paid? Thanks

[quote user="Pierre ZFP"]Spraying with Jeyes Fluid will get rid of the moss but it sounds as if there is something more fundermental amiss. [/quote]   How much would you dilute the Jeyes Fluid? Thanks

Sweeping generalisation...."the average guy, of whatever age, will sleep with any woman with a pulse if he gets the chance". What utter rubbish!  I've turned down far more women than I've been with. I've found that the average woman thinks that because she has a f****, that any guy would sleep with her.  There's lots of decent men out there, we're not all desperate!   

As others have said, get your notaire to ask for the compromis that the Belgians signed.  Time for a bit of double bluff, are you any good at poker? 

[quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]I think she was born into it like every other English monarch since Henry 8th created it.[/quote]   Somehow I think you've missed my point, never mind!

[quote user="Martin963"]Well I was hoping to kick off a "rip-off Britain" debate,   and thanks to your link sid I can in fact see that we ARE bieng ripped off Sep 2010    France   €0.74    Britain  approx 47 p Jan 2011     France   €0.85    Britain  approx  72 p Britain up 53%   (just on my rough figures,  it's widely reported as 70%) France up 14% I've always insisted that we have more than one source of heating (much to the chagrin of a Calor Gas Installer who wanted to remove our "nasty dirty back boiler".    He later admitted that he'd done the same at home,  ie linked the two heating systems.    So when Calor up'd the price in 1990 during the Gulf conflict we just told them to take away the tank.    The price promptly came down again! [/quote]   Of course, the other way to read your figures is that in Sept 2010 people in France were paying well over the odds compared to the UK, and despite the huge increase in UK prices, it's still cheaper than France.

[quote user="Quillan"] [quote user="Hoddy"]Someone on another thread has highlighted Clarkson making fun of this case and up to a point I agree with him: it is relatively trivial. Having said that, the second-rate position of women in most walks of life is serious and so it's small wonder that women feel that they have to tackle such overt sexism. The covert kind, which keeps them out of parliament and the higher reaches of the professions and industry is more subtle and therefore more difficult to counteract. Hoddy[/quote] I agree with you last comment a bit but not fully. At the last count there were 144 female MP's to 505 male MP's which means roughly 1/3 are female, just because there are not more women does not mean women are being blocked, perhaps they were either not good enough or none stood to be candidates. I don't agree with positive discrimination just as I don't agree with discrimination, people should always get their job or position purely on ability. Indeed I don't see any logical reason why there cannot be catholic women priests and indeed why they can't rise higher 'through the ranks', a women Pope for example, is not the Queen head of the CofE. Likewise I don't see why men can't join the WI or that whilst girls can join the Scouts boys can't join the Guides. I saw the thread on Clarkson, he's right in some ways but then a lot of men should be sacked from jobs if you apply the same rule. Lets not forget that this is not a one way problem, I had a member of staff who was subject to sexist comments by a load of women and complained about sexual harassment, we had to move him to another client. To be honest as PPP said it is a storm in a teacup and lets face it there are far more important things happened in the world so why this should take up so much space on TV and in the papers is beyond me. The thought of Clarkson coming to France is more interesting yet how mundane is that. [;-)] [/quote]   So the queen became the head of the C of E on merit?

[quote user="AnOther"]Shame the same sanction wasn't meted out to moron Brown when he called that woman a bigot for having the temerity to voice her opinion ![/quote] Yes, but what that women said was bigoted and racist.

Hi Clown 1, Would this be the land, lake and chalet that's been advertised on ebay a few times?  Also how much is "not a lot of money"?  

I don't understand. You've made the appointment, obviously you've made the appointment for a reason, so that's what you take about!

I remember when I bought my first house in France seventeen years ago, I produced cash in the notaires office and it caused quite a kerfuffle at the time.  Nothing illegal but I suppose it  was a bit unusal.  I personnel thought that it would be the simplest way, just to turn up with a pile of francs.  Anyway they had no way of processing the money, so the agent took it and wrote a personnal cheque.  I met him again about ten years later and he was still talking about it. 

[quote user="Iceni"]Simon When one has access to snippets from The Sun and Daily Mail one does not need to meet each and every one to form an unreasonable opinion. Stereotypes rule. John[/quote] Just getting back up off the floor laughing.  Someone who form their opinions based on what they read in the Sun and Daily Mail, really says more about them!

[quote user="Iceni"]sweets, as much as I hate the UK and nearly all the people that live there IMHO you are being a tad unfair about the English way of house dealing. An exchange of contracts equates pretty well to the French compromis and that gives similar protection to the buyer/seller. If a buyer pulls out on completion date the seller has the 10% deposit to fall back on plus other legal remedies to enforce the sale (IIRC specific performance). John[/quote]   How can you say that you hate nearly all the people who live in the UK, how many of them have you met?

[quote user="sweet 17"] Just be thankful that you are buying in France and not in the UK.  At least, in France, once the compromis has been signed by both parties, you can more or less relax in the knowledge that the deal will go ahead.  I am speaking of a situation of course where no mortgage or clause suspensives are involved. In the UK, someone could come along, agree a price with you, swear on their mother's grave that they will be buying your house and then, on the day of completing purchase, they could pull out without giving a reason and with complete impunity!  You are then left with your house unsold, possible solicitors' fees, etc etc.  Plus if ,in the meantime, you have agreed to buy someone else's house, you feel like a worm disappointing your potential sellers. Not only that, you would have put up with all the various visits your potential buyer imposes on you:  such as the time they wanted to bring their mother, then the time they wanted their children to see the house, the time when their surveyor called and find all sorts of things wrong with your property, the time when they wanted to measure up for carpets and curtains, the time when they wanted to assess what they needed to do to change the garage into an extension and......well, various visits at various times.  You daren't say "no" in case you lose the sale and these are very hard times in which to try to sell. Alternatively, as a buyer, you wait for the various "searches" to be done, you get the money in place, you want to complete and the seller finds someone else who makes a higher offer and you go back to Square One with no recompense from anybody. As I have said, just be grateful, be very grateful that the whole process is so relatively pain-free in France.  Puh.....what's a few delays?  I assure you it's a doddle in France.  Don't forget, everything's relative![:D]  [/quote] Alarm bells should have been ringing, swear on their mothers grave and then take her along to view the house!!  

Why travel to the west of Paris via Rouen and Chatres when your chateau is south east of Paris? I would take the A26 from Calais to Troyes, then on to Auxerre then on to the chateau. Dead easy!