Day: July 24, 2023

FOCUS ON THE COUNCIL OF STATE RULING OF MARCH 20, 2023, WHICH REITERATES THE LEGAL VALUE OF BILATERAL TAX TREATIES UNDER FRENCH DOMESTIC LAW & WHICH SHOULD REASSURE NON-RESIDENT FRENCH EXPATRIATES OR FUTURE EXPATRIATES

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Council of State

When you are considered a French tax resident, you are required to report all your income to the French tax authorities, regardless of where you earned it. So, if you receive income from abroad, you are obliged to declare this income to the French tax authorities.

If you do so, you may be subject to double taxation. The double taxation mechanism means that French tax residents are taxed twice. Income could therefore be taxed in two countries at the same time. This situation arises when an individual or a company is located in two different countries that have not signed a tax treaty with each other.

In this case, a treaty between the government of the French Republic and the government of the United Arab Emirates (“UAE“) for the avoidance of double taxation was signed on 19 July 1989 and amended by an addendum dated 6 December 1993 (the “France-Emirates Tax Treaty“).

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FOCUS ON THE COUNCIL OF STATE'S JUDGMENT OF MARCH 20, 2023 REMINDING THE LEGAL VALUE OF BILATERAL TAX CONVENTIONS ON FRENCH DOMESTIC LAW & WHICH SHOULD REASSURANCE NON-RESIDENT FRENCH EXPATRIATES OR FUTURE EXPATRIATES

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Conseil d'Etat

When you are considered a French tax resident, you are required to report all of your income to the French tax authorities, regardless of where you earned it. Therefore, if you receive income from abroad, you are required to declare this income to the French tax authorities.

In such a case, you could potentially face double taxation. The double taxation mechanism means that the French tax resident is taxed twice. Income could therefore be taxed in two countries at the same time. This situation arises when the individual or a company is located in two separate countries that have not concluded a tax treaty with each other.

In this case, an agreement between the government of the French Republic and the government of the United Arab Emirates (" WATER "), with a view to avoiding double taxation, was signed on July 19, 1989 and amended by an amendment dated December 6, 1993 (the " France-Emirates Tax Convention ").

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