what happens with a 'foot in each camp'?

[alllena]

Can anyone comment on the practicality of being resident in France but continuing to pay Tax on pensions in the UK, please?

[woolybanana]

You can only be resident in one place. However if you have UK government pensions (not state pensions) then they will be taxed in UK but you have to declare them in France. Other pensions wouls be taxable in France

[allanb]

[quote user="woolybanana"]You can only be resident in one place... [/quote]

Not exactly.  You can be resident in both countries, but if you are, there are rules in the tax treaty to decide which one will be presumed to be your country of residence for tax purposes.

But in any case I agree with woolybanana that the law doesn't give you any choice: each piece of your income is taxable wherever the law says it's taxable.

[AnOther]

[quote user="alllena"]Can anyone comment on the practicality of being resident in France but continuing to pay Tax on pensions in the UK, please?
[/quote]The practicality is that, government service pensions excepted as Wooly says, you would pay tax twice !

Broadly speaking, due to higher allowances and lower starting tax rates, all but the wealthy should be better off paying tax in France.

[Patf]

With a foot in each camp it's at least twice the work.

We have property in UK, rented out, and fill in a UK tax return for that.

One pension taxed in the UK, 3 in France.

In UK we're taxed individually, here, as a household - it's complicated.

[alllena]

Thanks for the comments, friends.  I'm much obliged.

I had assumed because of the double taxation agreements, I would only be liable for the difference.  How silly can I get!  ;)