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Tax and estate: practical guides and legal news from the firm, newest first.

Written by Maître Reda Kohen, member of the Paris Bar. About Maître Reda Kohen

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Tax and estate

French Taxe Foncière for British Owners: How to Challenge a Wrong Bill or Claim a Vacancy Reduction After Brexit

A practical guide for British owners in France: challenge a wrong taxe foncière bill, claim a qualifying vacancy reduction, protect the deadline and appeal a refusal.

Tax and estate

French Taxe Foncière for a UK Owner: Can You Claim Relief When a Property Is Uninhabitable?

Can a British owner reduce French taxe foncière when a property becomes uninhabitable? Learn the Article 1389 test, evidence, deadline and appeal route.

Tax and estate

UK Inheritance Tax After Moving to France: The 10-Year Rule, French Succession Tax and Double-Tax Relief

A practical guide for British people moving to France: the UK 10-year inheritance-tax tail, French succession tax, the 1963 convention and double-tax relief.

Tax and estate

French Taxe Foncière Wrong Address: How a UK Owner Can Restore Notices and Appeal

What can a British owner do when a French taxe foncière notice went to the wrong address? A practical guide to correcting the record, challenging the bill and meeting deadlines.

Tax and estate

French Taxe Foncière After a British Inheritance: Who Pays When Ownership Is Split?

If a British inheritance leaves one person with usufruct and another with bare ownership, French taxe foncière follows a precise legal rule. This guide explains who is assessed, what changes …

Tax and estate

French Bank Account After a Death: How a British Executor Can Unblock the Succession

A practical cross-border route for a British executor dealing with a frozen French bank account: probate, the acte de notoriété, tax documents and remedies for delay.

Tax and estate

French Taxe Foncière for UK Owners: How to Challenge an Overvalued or Uninhabitable Property

A UK owner can challenge French taxe foncière when the property record, maintenance coefficient or qualifying vacancy period is wrong. Learn the evidence, deadlines and appeal route.

Tax and estate

Who Pays French Taxe Foncière While a UK Owner’s Estate Is Being Settled?

Who pays French taxe foncière after a British owner dies? This guide covers the 1 January rule, heirs, indivision, usufruit, notary payment, claims and recovery.

Tax and estate

French Wealth Tax (IFI) for British Residents After Brexit: Declaration, Debts, Five-Year Relief and How to Appeal

A UK-focused guide to French property wealth tax: the €1.3m threshold, five-year newcomer rules, debts, valuation evidence, filing and appeals.

Tax and estate

French Taxe Foncière for a UK Family SCI: Who Is Liable and How to Challenge an Incorrect Bill

British families using a French SCI can still face taxe foncière after Brexit. This guide explains who is liable on 1 January, how to check the cadastral record and how to challenge or recov …

Tax and estate

French Taxe Foncière for UK Owners: How to Challenge a Wrong Bill for an Uninhabitable Second Home

A practical legal guide for UK owners of French second homes: when taxe foncière can be challenged, which evidence proves an involuntary vacancy or wrong cadastral value, and how to file a t …

Tax and estate

Taxe d’Habitation in France After Brexit: 2026 Second-Home Rules for UK Owners and How to Challenge a Wrong Bill

Own a furnished second home in France? Learn why UK owners face taxe d’habitation in 2026, what GMBI records and how to challenge a wrong bill.

Maître Reda Kohen

Maître Reda Kohen

Partner, member of the Paris Bar, 11 rue Margueritte, 75017 Paris. Author of the analyses published in this journal. About