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Siptea, Sounds like you’re a southern boy. Limeys are one thing but calling Brits raincoats as you guys do is something else. Lighten up, try sipping coffee, tea does not agree with you.

On a recent drive home from Paris, there were a very high number of temporary speed limits. As my eyes were glued to what the adjacent local lunatics would do next it was all too easy to miss one limit. Therefore I can sympathise with ‘speeding accidentally’

Thank for the info Mikep

Théière wrote 'so lets tax everyone resident or not who has a second car!' Don't put ideas in Sarky's head, he may do just that.

I do not know the Ikea card but some have an annual charge (or they did have) e.g. Leroy Merlin and Castorama. Check the small print

Yes wooly but watch your back, I’m sure there are a few old guillotines lurking about, after all someone must like Sarky, oh! sorry they don’t?

Talking to your local maire as Mike suggests would not do any good in my commune unfortunately. The locals freely admit they don’t like maisons secondaires, it puts the prices up for them, short sighted, perhaps but I would not argue it’s their village; I am a foreigner, just a resident alien, not a citizen of France. I recently spent quite amount of time at St. Malo and was quite surprised how full the ferries were, at a guess 95% were British registered cars. Of the visible ‘cargo’ they were carrying was not for a fortnight at a hotel but for their own holiday homes. The amount of revenue the Brits are bringing to France must be quite substantial and now this ruling will I would have thought severely reduce it. Although this proposed tax will not effect me personally, I can see many Brits leaving. I just hope the UK government will retaliate in a similar way. No doubt someone will stay to turn off the lights.

I would like to bin my UK bank ASAP but finding another is not easy. Offshore accounts look expensive. Has anyone further suggestions/successes with this recently?

He needs more money, no doubt about it. Air France error could cost billions, not forgetting that Carla is pregnant and wants a new dress. Happy days ahead.

Thanks for your comments. Young probably were involved and naturally the parents will protect but in the case I mentioned, the boar entered the owner’s garden and the dogs died trying to protect their master’s property. I was wondering what the law was in dealing with them if they became a menace on ones property. No good asking my local maire, she is always on a ‘day off’ when I ask. Incidentally, walking my dog on a lead, impossible! He needs to and can run a whole lot faster than me.

A neighbour told me that there is a small family of sanglier (wild boar) around and that they recently entered his grounds and killed two of his dogs. Knowing that these animals can be pretty dangerous gives me cause for concern as Mrs A normally walks our dog in that area every day. I don’t suppose the local plod would want to help but has anyone experience of this?

Using a tax simulator. Good suggestion of yours Parsnips and if they also have the facility to translate it would be a great help to many of us! When I first came over to France, I asked a qualified accountant to complete my tax return, for a small fee of course. I was summoned to the tax office, a short while after filing, to correct (with their help) the many errors he had made. If a professional can’t cope, what hope do we have?

Hello Gardener, Thanks for the info. I still complete the old fashioned way on paper, a hard copy just adds to my ever growing mountain of paperasse. It may not be saving the planet concept but I always include a letter with my tax returns explaining why I entered x at line 4y. ‘Hopefully’ if I make a mistake they will tell me. Wishful thinking? Probably. Hello Parsnips, Thank you for explaining the confused and chaotic situation which I am sure many of us were not aware. Check your "avis" when it comes is very good advice on your part, but will we understand it?

Parsnips, You seem to be a bit rattled by recent posts on this subject. We are not trying to take over from your ‘expertise’ we are just merely trying to help. I personally have not had a letter from my tax office but my post earlier today was to point out what my tax office told me years ago and the explanation i.e. 2047 VII Revenus exonérés pris en compte pour le calcul de taux effectif. Would appear to be the most likely place to put a UK Gov. Pension. The other suggested place: 2047 V1 :REVENUS IMPOSABLES DE SOURCE ETRANGER OUVRANT DROIT A UN CREDIT D’IMPOT EGAL AU MONTANT DE L’IMPOT FRANCAIS CORRESPONDANT A CES REVENUS, I consider incorrect for this entry. No doubt your forthcoming reply will endeavour to crash my input.

Judith, With due respect to your OP, I understood from my tax office that UK state pensions should be placed at 2047 VII Revenus exonérés pris en compte pour le calcul de taux effectif. Are they right or as Parsnips said ‘will end by taxing the exempt income’?

[quote user="PaulT"] [quote user="audio"]Thank you for your advice Paul. Were the stairs a fire exit? I am not sure. Her husband told me that she was quite badly injured and will be bedridden for some while. She is 65, not really a case of ‘trying it on’ I would have thought.[/quote] Just mentioned this to our 'Trust Health &Safety Risk Management Advisor' and that they were rejecting it because she had not clocked on. His reply was 'whaaaat, that's utter cr*p. As you know if someone was there illegally then the trust would still be liable'. Paul [/quote] I will pass your comments on to the lady.

Thank you for your advice Paul. Were the stairs a fire exit? I am not sure. Her husband told me that she was quite badly injured and will be bedridden for some while. She is 65, not really a case of ‘trying it on’ I would have thought.

[quote user="fisherman"]As Paul said they do have a duty of care. If the stairway was an approved access route and was plunged into in total darkness it is probably a breach of the health and safety at work act. This is a risk which should have been picked up on their risk assessment. What if there had been a fire? Bureaucratic administrators for these big organisations make me sick. Little people with too much power. If your friend is in a union then they should fight her case. If not go to the citizens advice bureau in the first instance they should advise on a solicitor. Avoid those ambulance chasing solicitors (sleaze bags) they are only interested in making their fee.[/quote]   Thank you Fisherman. Yes she is in a union and they are fighting her case but this should not be necessary.  'Duty of care' Have to wait and see.

[quote user="PaulT"] [quote user="audio"] Just heard about a friend who works in a large UK hospital. She was walking down interior stairs in order to sign in at the start of her shift, a power cut plunged the area in total darkness. She fell and was badly injured. Hospital insurance won’t pay because she hadn’t signed in at the time of the accident and therefore was not working for them when injured. [/quote] Something odd there. If the trust has said that then they are chancing not paying on a claim - does not matter if she has not signed on she is still on the premises and trusts have a duty of care to staff, patients and visitors. The trust I work for receives a number of claims from patients and visitors as well as staff Paul [/quote] It is not ‘IF the trust said that’, they did say that. You say the trust you work for receives a number of claims, but how many are successful?  

Describing insurance, all I can think of are four letter words. Just heard about a friend who works in a large UK hospital. She was walking down interior stairs in order to sign in at the start of her shift, a power cut plunged the area in total darkness. She fell and was badly injured. Hospital insurance won’t pay because she hadn’t signed in at the time of the accident and therefore was not working for them when injured. As for burglars, I love the US laws on this, in some States you can quite legally shoot them if they are inside your house, if after being shot, they stagger outside, drag them back in for a watertight story.

Thank you Clair. I will try that next time. Incidentally, the power save mode was disabled.

Thanks Sid. Mine does not have a recording facility. I have selected a channel on the Humax for recording on another device. This channel reverts to the default i.e. 101 by the morning, exactly when I do not know.

That was a bit naughty Chancer-Love it

I tune mine to say channel 300 in the evening for a late recording but by the next morning it has changed back to the default channel of 101. Possibly EDF tweaking their volts and amps. Has anyone else with problems with Humax Foxsat-HD receivers?

"binakaradia" wrote 'Insurance is good and worthful,if a person doesn't mistaken in his part of facing incident like accident.This person gets insured with formalness and legalness in approach which takes few days.' Not too sure I understand that, it's a bit like the small print wording on my policy.