Americans in France
Explore the country guide and practical insights addressing the decisions Americans may face while living in or moving to France.
Conversations with Americans who have lived the practical side of a move, alongside subject areas open to professional contributions.
Moving countries may leave practical, administrative, family, and financial responsibilities connected to more than one system. These resources help readers identify the questions that may need attention.
A single relocation can involve immigration, tax, legal, financial-planning, property, and relocation professionals. Understanding what each one does — and what none of them can do alone — is often the difference between a coherent plan and a set of conflicting opinions.
By Americans Abroad Europe · 8 min read
Relocation changes where someone lives. It does not, by itself, end the accounts, reporting responsibilities, retirement plans, and family obligations that were established in the United States.
By Americans Abroad Europe · 8 min read
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A country guide covering where U.S. and French rules intersect: tax residency and the impatriate regime, U.S. retirement accounts and the PFIC trap, France's wealth tax (IFI), FBAR and FATCA compliance, estate planning and forced heirship, and a France planning checklist.
Contributed by Paratus Wealth USA
Independent Europe-wide articles published by Americans Abroad Europe.
The first three months in a new country are administrative more than anything else. Most of the difficulties Americans report later begin as small items that were postponed during this window.
By Americans Abroad Europe · 8 min read
Relocation is not one decision but a set of connected ones. Mapping them before departure makes the dependencies visible while there is still time to act on them.
By Janice Diaz · 8 min read
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Country-specific articles for France are in preparation.