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The top 10 countries where you will retire

<p class&equals;"p1"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-361" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;01&sol;top10-des-pays-ou-prendre-sa-retraite-552x380&period;png" alt&equals;"top10 des pays ou prendre sa retraite" width&equals;"552" height&equals;"380" &sol;><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Like around one in three French people over 50&amp;comma; you'd like to spend your retirement in a different country&amp;quest; All you have to do is choose your destination&amp;comma; and that's no easy task&amp;excl; To help you&amp;comma; the Retraite-etranger&amp;period;fr website draws up its annual list of the best countries&amp;period; Here's a sneak preview&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Portugal <&sol;span><span class&equals;"s2">French senior citizens have nothing but this word on their lips when you talk to them about retiring in the sun&amp;period; And the latest "Palmarès des paradis de la retraite" is going to confirm them&amp;comma; since for the second year in a row&amp;comma; it has just crowned the country "best destination to spend your retirement abroad"&amp;period; As in 2015&amp;comma; the <span class&equals;"s1">Thailand<&sol;span> comes second in this annual ranking&amp;period; followed by Mauritius&amp;comma; Spain and Morocco&amp;period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><strong><span class&equals;"s1">Tax break in Portugal&amp;comma; mini-spending in Thailand<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">Portugal has benefited all the more from this movement as it has accompanied it with a <span class&equals;"s2">favor <&sol;span><span class&equals;"s2">tax<&sol;span> detonante&amp;period; Since 2013, retirees who settle in France are exempt from income tax on their pensions for 10 years&amp;period; Provided that these pensions do not come from the civil service&amp;comma; and that you are considered by France to be domiciled abroad for tax purposes&amp;lpar;which implies that you live outside the country for at least half the year, and that you do not maintain the center of your economic interests there&amp;rpar;&amp;period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">After&amp;comma; Portugal is not the best deal when it comes to cost of living&amp;period; To drastically reduce your daily expenses&amp;comma; it&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;s&amp;comma; for example&amp;comma; to Thailand that you should look&amp;period; According to Paul Delahoutre's calculations&amp;comma; a retired couple living there spends on average some 40 &amp;percnt; less than in France, excluding housing and health&amp;period; &amp;&amp;num;8211&amp;semi; it's around 20 &amp;percnt; in Portugal&amp;period; However, it's better not to be afraid of the geographical distance and the change of scenery before embarking on the Thai adventure&amp;period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p2"><span class&equals;"s1">"Mauritius, for its part, attracts visitors with its paradisiacal environment&amp;comma; its climate&amp;comma; its French-speaking population and its stability"&amp;comma; details Paul Delahoutre&amp;period; Last but not least, 2016 sees Malta enter the top 10 for the first time&amp;period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;votreargent&period;lexpress&period;fr&sol;retraite&sol;exclusif-le-top-10-des-pays-ou-il-fait-bon-prendre-sa-retraite-en-2016&lowbar;1755234&period;html">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1" style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;contact&sol;demande-detude-personnalisee&sol;">CONTACT US FOR A FREE ANALYSIS OF YOUR PERSONAL SITUATION<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p12">&amp;NewLine;

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