Inheritance tax warning for French property owners

British subscribers to the French property dream are being warned their children may be at risk from much higher inheritance tax bills, if President Sarkozy loses the upcoming French election and a new government is installed on 6 May.

With many British expats already enjoying the gentler idylls of rural French life – as evidenced by the swathes of ex-pats in areas such as ‘Dordogne-shire’ in the southwest of France, Matthew Cameron, head of the French legal services team at solicitors Ashton KCJ, is urging owners to take timely advice.

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