ETUDES FISCALES INTERNATIONALES

Applicable law

In case of

Inheritance

Buyer’sTransfer tax/

Notary fees

French income tax

French wealth and

inheritance tax

Capital gain taxes

Transfert of shares of a cny

or on the sale of real estate

Annual 3% Tax

Direct individual ownership

By a non resident

French law

About 7%

No taxation in absence of rental income. in France the notional rent is not taxable in this case

Taxation of the net rental income  to the income tax from 35.5% to 64%

Applicable but genuine loan can be deductible

Taxable in France

Flat Rate 19%+15,5%= 34.5%

Basis

The same as French resident ie reduction per year ie no taxation after a 30years period

Non applicable

Individual Ownership by a French SCI

Law of the state of the

location of the   inheritance

(sharia  Common law etc

In case of the sale of shares About 5%

Idem

Except in case of furnished lease :corporate tax

Applicable but genuine loan can be deductible

Very few specific tax treaties  give exemption

The same as individual

In fact non applicable

Corporation established in a country having a tax treaty with

 Law of the state of the inheritance

In case of the sale of shares About 5%

Corporate tax on the net income and on the deemed income

Same as SC

Taxable in France

Flat Rate 33,3%

Basis :the same as a commercial cny  ie price of sale less purchase price decreased by a 2% depreciation by year ie after a 50 years period the capital gain is the price of sale

Exempt if

The cny is located in a stat with tax treaty and if the disclosure of the associates is made ach y

French real estate indirectly held by a trust

Law of the state of the inheritance

In case of the sale of shares About 5%

Applicable on value of French assets held by trust but  some exemptions

The same as a company