Megane Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 My husband and I have lived in France since early last year and are both employed by his company. We have been paying cotisations to GARP - which I had understood was for retirement pension. However, we have now had to pay retirement contributions to Taitbout which seems to be for expats only. Can anyone explain the difference between the 2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday Driver Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 This [url=http://www.urssaf.fr/images/ref_guide_ESEF_UK.pdf]English language leaflet[/url] published by URSSAF may answer some of your questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 That's interesting, SD. Up until now the only route I knew of for a company to permanently employ a French resident (ignoring secondments and the like) involved forming a French subsidiary along with all the cost and complications that involves.Reading this leaflet it seems to say that a UK company can employ a French resident relatively simply by registering the employment with URSSAF. Does anyone have any more info about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megane Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 Thank you very much Sunday Driver. The leaflet was really helpful. I didn't know there was an English link on the URSSAF website. I now understand that Garp is for unemployment and Taitbout is for supplementary retirement contributions. Thank you Again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 It is interesting, and seems to open up a further possibility for those working in (while permanently resident in) France for a non-French employer. However, in practical terms, the employer and employee still pay exactly the same contributions, so there would appear to little if any advantage over the employee becoming, in effect, the French subsidiary, and will still cost more than the employee working in France on a self-employed basis - though it may get over any difficulties using the latter arrangement for a single 'client'. It should be cheaper than the portage option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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