April 14th 2014
Individuals who are not resident in France are frequently
concerned about transferring money into or out of France, and
whether there is any risk of requalification by the French
administration.
It is worth while remembering that the French Tax...
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March 25th 2014
It is frequently assumed that the US - UK Treaty is rock solid
in favour of the IRS in relation to English property jointly owned
by a British deceased domiciliary, and reserves important taxing
powers to the IRS over such items. It is important to...
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March 25th 2014
High Net Worth couples are increasingly relocating
internationally for tax reasons as much as personal motivations
such as wealth protection and family motivations.
What rarely crops up on the couple's agenda is the effect of
such a move...
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March 13th 2014
When the French Parliament attempted to force the French
Register of Trusts onto the shoulders of their Finance Ministry,
there was a deal of" grommellement", or grumblings from Bercy on
exactly how that was to work. They already run the...
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March 6th 2014
Please see Peter's article in the STEP website:...
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February 25th 2014
There seems to have been a slight
misunderstanding by certain advisors as to the full declarative
obligations falling on Trustees under the new French trusts
legislation, as at 31st July, 2011.
Certain trustees appear to have been
advised that...
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January 27th 2014
It is unlikely that there remain many professional trustees with
unprotected French situs assets, or who have not taken the
precaution of severing the trust from any French Connection via a
resident beneficiary, by their exclusion, or other...
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January 27th 2014
The hesitation by the French Ministère des Finances to remove
the BVI from the blacklisting does not appear to have developed
into a mini-crash and a rise in interest rates on the Paris
exchanges as foreign financiers offload their French...
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