French Capital Gain : Non residents are now exempted from appointing a tax representative.
An act of parliament dated December 18th, 2014 (article 62,3°, page 84) now exempts non residents from the obligation to appoint a french tax representative for the calculation and payment of the french tax on capital gain.
Download the PDF DOCUMENT : LOI DU 18 DECEMBRE 2014
Non residents will see a substantive cut in real estate sales costs as the tariffs applied by french tax representatives compulsory appointed for french capital gain calculation and payment could vary from 0,5% to 1% of the selling price.
