Inheritance & Succession Tax in France

Leaving money to anyone outside of family can mean tax of up to 60%. Giving it to charity instead the tax bill will be zero. Here's how a LEGS actually works, and where it can go wrong.

Assurance Vie's succession advantages only work if the beneficiary clause is drafted correctly — vague wording, a stale divorce, or an unplanned acceptance can undo the whole benefit.

Never lived in France? Your French holiday home is still taxed by France on death — and if an heir has lived there, it can pull in your worldwide estate too. Here's how it actually works.

A UK will doesn't automatically work the way you'd expect in France — and a PACS partner with no will can inherit nothing at all. Here's what a French will costs and how the process works.

France taxes inheritances by relationship, not by estate size — and it applies forced heirship rules the UK doesn't have. Here's how the system actually works.

Without children, France's inheritance tax rules turn brutal fast — friends and distant relatives can face 60% tax. Here's who pays what, and the legal tools that change the outcome.

An SCI turns a house into shares — making it easier to gift gradually, avoid deadlock between heirs, and combine with usufruct planning. Here's how it works and what it costs.

A tontine clause lets a surviving partner keep the whole property automatically — but it's irrevocable, tax-heavy for unmarried couples, and only works if set up at purchase.