Sunday Driver

I think Pickles was referring to the standard EU format for displaying the driving categories to which all EU licences comply - including the French ones......[;-)]    

Steve This really is quite straightforward. From what you say, the hospital have calculated the total cost of your wife's stay as 800€.  Your EHIC performs basically the same function as a carte vitale so the hospital have billed the state health insurance bureau (CPAM) for their contribution towards the cost and billed you for the remaining balance, ie the 500€.  That's the patient contribution (also known as a co-payment) which is down to you to pay. You can submit the hospital bill to the UK Overseas Healthcare Team and ask them to reimburse you for your patient contribution.  I believe they will reimburse up to the equivalent cost had the treatment been provided by the NHS.  

Why would you need a translation of your UK driver's licence?  

But a kph only speedo has to be changed to a mph one in order to obtain your VCA mutual recognition certificate... http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum_dg/groups/dg_digitalassets/@dg/@en/@motor/documents/digitalasset/dg_071776.pdf  

It must be a new system they've only just introduced because their website still describes the old check-in procedure using your credit card. Question is, will it avoid the situation where I'm stuck behind one of those funny cars that drive on the other side of the road and the occupants are struggling to figure out what the machine is asking them to do?  [:P]  

[quote user="allanb"] Do we know yet whether the change in method applies to all income from the UK?  In other words, is it possible to say that so far as UK-source income is concerned, there is no longer such a thing as revenu exonéré? [/quote] The change in method only applies to income which remains taxable in the UK under the DTT and which is therefore 'revenu exonéré' in France. If you are referring to revenu exonéré to be taken into account for the calculation of the taux effectif, then there is no longer any need to enter this separately as it's taken into account when you enter the income in the 'taxable' boxes such as 1AS etc. No change as regards UK income which is taxable in France.    

AV = avant (front) AR = arriere (rear) G = gauche (left) D = droite (right)  

ARG = arriere gauche ARD = arriere droite  

Let's get the facts straight....[;-)] Frein de service is the footbrake. Frein de stationnement is the handbrake.  

Why not contact your own local hospital?  If they don't have an MRI facility of their own, then they'll tell you where they send their patients to.    

I wouldn't get too uptight about all this. On the basis that no ordinary person reads dual taxation treaties (or even knows what they are) then unless you've received a letter from your tax office instructing you exactly how to complete the tax declaration under the new procedure, then I'd be inclined to just complete it the way you've always done and let the tax office sort things out.    

[quote user="Boiling a frog"]There was also a photcopy of certain sections of form 2042 with annotations in English and also a photcopy of certain sections of 2047 with annotations in English.[/quote] Mystery solved.  There has been no change to the tax forms, merely the method of declaring specific foreign income. In the past, UK taxable income such as government pensions was not declared under box AS/BS so no French tax generated.  Also declared under box TI for calculation of taux effectif. Now declared under AS/BS so French tax generated and taux effective calculated.  Also declared under TK to generate the credit wiping out the French tax. End result the same....  

Grecian From memory, the 2042SK is a pre-completed simplified tax declaration so it's not the one you want. You can either visit your tax office to get a plain 2042 or download one from the impots website.  Alternatively, you can make an online declaration.  If you do the latter, then you don't need to provide any supporting documentation (eg for your tax credits) but just retain them in case of a later tax audit. Note that the 2011 2042 is not yet available for download but if you're stuck you can download the 2010 form and just alter the date on the front.....[;-)]  

I've also just checked the 2010 versions of the 2047 and 2042 against the previous year's forms and there is no difference between them. It's not clear what these 'notes' are that Parsnips is referring to as they don't appear on either of my 2010 tax forms.  Have they just been handwritten on the standard tax forms by the local Parthenay office?  If so, then the notes are clearly questionable as they don't even accord with the 2047 Notice. For example, the instruction to enter income which is subject to CRDS in the box for income which is taken into account for the calculation of 'taux effectif' is clearly incorrect so why the assumption that there has been a 'change of purpose of box 8TI'? Let's not leap to premature conclusions here.......[8-)]  

Retrait en euros dans un DAB d’un autre établissement de la zone euro avec une carte de paiement internationale (Carte Visa Cléo): 1,00 € par retrait, à partir du 4ème retrait par mois. http://particuliers.lcl.fr/guide-tarifaire/Ressources/pdf/guide-tarifaire-particuliers.pdf  

The French call them 'dynos'.  Try someone like Valence Tuning (04 75 83 08 30) for a recommendation.  

Are you the same saffron61 that started a similar thread here a few days ago? http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/2501672/ShowPost.aspx For the sake of continuity, why not post a few more details of your dealings with your CPAM on that thread......  

No French TVA liability so there's no necessity to prove VAT already paid elsewhere. If you turn up in France with a ten year old car with 100,000 miles on the clock and three previous owners since it was new, how would you provide proof that VAT has been paid in Britain?  

[quote user="tasng4"] Hi, Can anyone out there help me I need to understand the rules/regulations for selling a car in France. Particularly the following: * CT does this need to be new? No, but the certificate must be dated no earlier than six months prior to the date of sale * CG what do I do with this Cross it out with a couple of parallel lines, write 'vendu le (date)' across it and sign it then write the name and address of the buyer on the 'coupon detachable' and hand the whole carte over to the buyer.  You will also need to obtain a certificat de situation administrative (French equivalent of the HPI report) and give it to him.  Finally, complete a three part déclaration de cession and give him the top copy.  You then send the second copy to your prefecture to tell them you've sold the car.  You keep the third copy - show it to your insurer in order to cancel your policy cover. * Is it acceptable to insist on cheques clearing before releasing the vehicle? It is acceptable to ask for a cheque de banque in payment so there's no waiting for it to clear. Plus anything else I may need to know. Thanks in advance. [/quote]  

Contributions towards CMU de base are specified in the code de la securité social (article L380-2). Les personnes affiliées au régime général dans les conditions fixées à l'article L. 380-1 sont redevables d'une cotisation lorsque leurs ressources dépassent un plafond fixé par décret, révisé chaque année pour tenir compte de l'évolution des prix. Cette cotisation est fixée en pourcentage du montant des revenus, définis selon les modalités fixées au IV de l'article 1417 du code général des impôts, qui dépasse le plafond mentionné au premier alinéa. Servent également au calcul de l'assiette de la cotisation, lorsqu'ils ne sont pas pris en compte en application du IV de l'article 1417 du code général des impôts, l'ensemble des moyens d'existence et des éléments de train de vie, notamment les avantages en nature et les revenus procurés par des biens mobiliers et immobiliers, dont le bénéficiaire de la couverture maladie universelle a disposé, en quelque lieu que ce soit, en France ou à l'étranger, et à quelque titre que ce soit. Ces éléments de train de vie font l'objet d'une évaluation dont les modalités sont fixées par décret en Conseil d'Etat. Un décret détermine le taux et les modalités de calcul de cette cotisation ainsi que les obligations déclaratives incombant aux assujettis. Pour la détermination du montant de la cotisation visée au premier alinéa et le contrôle des déclarations de ressources effectué à cette fin, les organismes d'assurance maladie peuvent demander toutes les informations nécessaires à l'administration des impôts, aux organismes de sécurité sociale et aux organismes d'indemnisation du chômage qui sont tenus de les leur communiquer. Les personnels des organismes sont tenus au secret quant aux informations qui leur sont communiquées. Presumably they take into account your dole money as well as the cash from flogging off a couple of your old Renoirs.....  

Red form 2047 requires you to enter such interest in section 4 then transfer the total to box TS on the blue form 2042.  The relevant section of the tax FAQ merely reflects those requirements. Just do what the form tells you.....[;-)]  

Check out the conditions for UK issued EHICs: http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/Healthcareabroad/EHIC/Pages/EUregulations.aspx Due to changes in European Union regulations, from May 1 2010 the United Kingdom may be responsible for the issue of your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) instead of the member state where you live.  This will apply if you are a national of an EU member state and live in an EU member state, and you either: receive your state pension or other long-term benefit from the UK and you have registered the form E121 with the health authorities in the member state where you live; or you are dependent on a citizen working in the UK and have registered the form E109 issued by the UK They haven't updated this to reflect the renaming of the E forms to S forms, but there's no mention of E106 holders so it looks as if Daft Doctor will need to get a CEAM from his CPAM.  

If you live in a property as your primary residence, why would you have to wait for three years before it becomes CGT free? There isn't any CGT if you've owned it for 20 years.....[;-)]  

There is no primary/secondary declaration to be made when purchasing a property.  If you purchase the property and you live elsewhere, then the property is a secondary residence. If you move into the property to live, then is becomes your principal residence.  Its status is crystallised when you complete your next income tax return - you enter the address on the return so that you qualify for the appropriate reliefs/allowances, eg for tax d'habitation/fonciere, eco improvements, capital gains tax. Any other property that you may own remains a secondary residence.

The French licence is only 'for life' if you live in France.  If you return to take up residence in the UK, then it will be valid there until you are aged 70 or for three years after becoming resident, whichever is the longer period.  You must then exchange it for a UK licence.