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Good tax news for owners of French Property

 

"The 2007 Finance Bill in Ireland is finally sorting out a double taxation issue that has long been a bug-bearer for French property Owners" according to John Crawley, Chief Executive of Oui Can Do French property.  From passing of the Finance Bill into Irish Law (expected before Easter) there will no longer be a double hit on Capital Gain Tax.  This means that any French Property sold will be subject to a maximum of 20% tax on the gain.

Oui Can Do offer tax and legal guidance to all their customers and monitor changes in law that affect them.  Crawley gives the following example to illustrate the impact of the tax change.

 

 

 

Before

 

 

After

Selling price of property

 

250,000

 

250,000

Purchase price

 

150,000

 

150,000

Gain (Sold after year 5)

 

 

100,000

 

100,000

French CGT

16%

16,000

16%

16,000

Irish CGT

20%

20,000

(20% - 16%)

4,000

Total CGT

 

36,000

 

 

20,000

 

Net Gain

 

 

64,000

 

 

80,000

 

Effective Tax Rate

 

 

36%

 

 

20%

 

Oui Can Do offer a free Tax & Legal consultation on buying French property. 

 

Contact:          John Crawley FCCA FIB MMII, Chief Executive

Tel:                  01 2110780

Email:              Sales@OuiCanDo.com

Web:               www.OuiCanDo.com

Text:               Text “FRANCE” to 51000 for a call back

Address:          24 Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin

Visit the French Property Page of our website:  France

 

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