Teamedup Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 As I had to speak to my notaire today I took the opportunity to ask about those taxes when we die. The law has changed this year and we can now differe these payments far more easily than before. In the past we were supposed to pay whatever was due within six months of the death. Differed payments then were negociated and interest of 3% per annum charged. This is now easier to do and the interest rate has been reduced to 1% per year. All this would also depend on what the estate was made up of too and to do this it would have to be more than 50% immoblier. As the title goes 'check up'! So, unless someone's property is worth next to nothing or they have a communite universelle whereby it all automatically goes to the survivor, then we can't get out of paying taxes. And even with communite universelle, then the eventual inheritors of the estate will cop for the lot. CHECK on things. This is just a board and there are some very iffy responses given to lots of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted June 7, 2006 Share Posted June 7, 2006 Death & taxes - the only things we can gaurantee in this life.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evianers Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Did we read somewhere recently that the French are becoming more amenable to trusts? Maybe we just dreamed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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