Married UK expats: How to avoid inheritance disasters in France

Married UK expats: How to avoid inheritance disasters in France

Mar 23, 2021

If you’re British, married, living in France and want to have control over what your other half will inherit, legally it is more important to have a “Donation au Dernier Vivant” than a will. Daniel Butcher of DTB Wealth Management explains why… British married couples...
Get Ready for the Consumer Boom

Get Ready for the Consumer Boom

Jan 28, 2021

It is sometimes said that economists add a decimal point to their forecasts to show they have a sense of humour. But in truth, despite being an inexact science at the best of times, economic data is routinely accepted as an accurate measure of the economy. This is...
Towards a reform of France’s inheritance and gift taxation?

Towards a reform of France’s inheritance and gift taxation?

Jan 14, 2020

Published on the 12th of November 2019 by Daniel Butcher, estate planning attorney at DTB Wealth Management, associate Partner of VIA La Plateforme Patrimonial. Proposed law aims, in particular, to modify inheritance tax rates and the amounts of tax deductions to...
A Guide to the French Income Tax Calendar

A Guide to the French Income Tax Calendar

Oct 28, 2019

Your Essential Guide to the French Income Tax Calendar If there’s one topic you can rely on to provoke a heated debate among residents of France, it is taxes. You could even go as far as calling it France’s national sport, given the constant search by the whole...
How Does France Tax My UK Personal Pension Plan?

How Does France Tax My UK Personal Pension Plan?

Sep 30, 2019

Tax and social charges applied on Lifelong annuities in French : rentes Viageres à Titres Onéreux in France Life annuities come from the conversion of a savings product, such as a life insurance contract, a French PERCO or foreign Personal Pensions Schemes.   Tax...