&NewLine;<h1 class="wp-block-heading">EXPATRIATE RETIREES IN THE CROSSHAIRS</h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>LREM&comma; MP Sacha Houlié&comma; denounces unequal treatment between pensioners living in France and those living abroad who have been exempted from the CSG&&num;8230&semi hike;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Go and live in the sun&comma; gain in purchasing power and enjoy their retirement in peace&period; Many French people have chosen to spend their golden years abroad, in Morocco or Portugal&period; Another life&comma; which also has its tax advantages&comma; but perhaps not for much longer&excl;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A real inequality;</h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>According to Les Echos&comma; majority MP Sacha Houlié would like to make them contribute&period; He points to "a real inequality between pensioners in France who have suffered an increase in the CSG&comma; that we assume and those who have not&comma; non-resident taxpayers"&period; "Once we've decided to make everyone contribute&comma; then everyone must contribute&period; It&rsquo&semi;s a question of solidarity and&rsquo&semi;fairness"&comma; says the elected representative from Vienne&&num;8230&semi;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In a memo sent to the Elysée Palace and Bercy, he argues for an increase in contributions for pensioners who go into tax exile&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Today, French nationals living abroad are not subject to the CSG on their pensions, unlike those living in France, who have seen this contribution increase by 1&comma;7&percnt;&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Withholding tax</h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>As Les Echos points out&period; A December 2017 decree indicated that this increase was to be passed on to their health contributions&comma; but it was suspended as it would have affected all pensioners&period; Regardless of their income&period; Without tax data&comma; impossible to&rsquo&semi;exempt small pensions&&num;8230&semi;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For Sacha Houlié&comma; everything changes with <a target="_blank" href="https://www.boursier.com/actualites/reuters/l-impot-sur-le-revenu-sera-bien-preleve-a-la-source-au-1er-janvier-annonce-philippe-223893.html" rel="noreferrer noopener">the introduction of the withholding tax</a>&period; The French administration will be able to "know the amount of remuneration&comma; salaries&comma; pensions received and introduce a threshold triggering an increase in contributions"&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Small pensions exempted </h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The MP would even be in favor of a higher increase in countries with advantageous tax regimes, such as Portugal&&num;8230&semi; This is further fuel for criticism of the government, which is accused of making pensioners pay&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>But the LREM deputy defends himself &colon; "We avoid touching the Algerian worker who receives a pension of 800 or 900 euros after a lifetime of work in France&comma; he explains&&num;8230&semi; On the other hand&comma; someone who has had a good career in France with a good substitute income will contribute&period;"</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The proposal is far from unanimous within the majority&&num;8230&semi; The LREM deputy for the French abroad&comma; Anne Genetet&comma; has submitted a report to Edouard Philippe on mobility&period; According to her&comma; "wanting to apply the same CSG rate to pensioners in France and abroad makes no sense&period; When you go abroad&comma; you contribute to a protection system that may have&rsquo&semi;other disadvantages&period;"</p>&NewLine;
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