Members of Parliament discuss taxation of expatriates

<h4 class&equals;"chapo-article"><strong>In response to pressure from French MPs from abroad, a fact-finding mission has been set up at the French National Assembly to examine the taxation and social protection of expatriates&amp;period;<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&amp;NewLine;<div class&equals;"paywall">&amp;NewLine;<p>A tax that has been maintained for years despite repeated warnings of its legal fragility&amp;period; The similarity between the dispute over the CSG for non-residents and that over the 3 &amp;percnt; tax on dividends&amp;comma; which dominated the headlines this autumn&amp;comma; is not accidental&amp;period; The same ingredients are present&amp;comma; reflecting weaknesses in our tax governance&amp;period; A provision voted in the tax fever of summer 2012&amp;comma; exasperated taxpayers ready to go to court&amp;comma; European justice increasingly interfering in national provisions&amp;period; <em>"It's once again the ostrich policy with a legal carapace".<&sol;em>deplores Anne Genetet&amp;comma; député des Français de l&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;étranger&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<&sol;div>&amp;NewLine;<p>&amp;nbsp&amp;semi;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>The financial implications of the CSG for non-residents are nothing like the 10 billion euros of the 3 per cent tax on dividends&amp;period; We're talking about 250 million&amp;semi;euros collected each year by the State&amp;comma; even if the bill could end up being substantial&amp;comma; if the litigation drags on for more than&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;a decade&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>According to a report by French deputy Christine Pires-Beaune &amp;lpar;PS&amp;rpar; published on the occasion of the French Finance Bill&amp;comma; the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;administration received more than 59&amp;period;000 files&amp;comma; of which 44&amp;period;000 were processed&amp;period; This is enough to put a strain on the Noisy-le-Grand&amp;comma; non-resident treasury, which is not designed for such large-scale reimbursements&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"intertitre"><strong>Reset<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&amp;NewLine;<p>During the latest debates on the Social Security budget&amp;comma; the government closed the door on an abolition of social security levies on non-residents&amp;comma; requested by the deputies of the French abroad&amp;period; Faced with their pressure&amp;comma; the Minister of Solidarity and Health&amp;comma; Agnès Buzyn&amp;comma; has nonetheless accepted the principle of a fact-finding mission to the French National Assembly to review issues relating to the taxation and social protection of French nationals living abroad&amp;period; The mission's work should be submitted this summer&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p><em>"There is a tendency to see expatriates as spoiled children&amp;comma; but there is a total misunderstanding of what the French abroad&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;are all about."<&sol;em>Comma; defends Anne Genetet&amp;period; Singapore's resident MP points out that French nationals living abroad are not always executives sent by their companies&amp;comma; but often students or teachers&amp;period; Social benefits are not always equivalent to those available in France&amp;colon; <em>"In our countries, we don't have pension contributions, we capitalize.<&sol;em>illustrates<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;lesechos&period;fr&sol;economie-france&sol;budget-fiscalite&sol;0301162325942-les-deputes-se-penchent-sur-la-fiscalite-des-expatries-2145681&period;php" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;