Structure & Links Report
Article: property-capital-gains-tax-france-calculated.md Date: 2026-08-05 Status: CHANGES APPLIED
Scope correction (same day, later pass)
This article originally mixed French and UK property sale mechanics (Form 2048-IMM/one-month deadline framed as if it applied to a UK sale, alongside the French 22/30-year allowance). User flagged this as incorrect and confusing. Rescoped to French property only; UK property mechanics moved to a new companion article, uk-property-capital-gains-french-resident.md, cross-linked both ways throughout (opener redirect, declaration section, What to Do Now, Common Mistakes, and FAQ).
Summary
- Recommended category: strategies-and-pitfalls — matches the two companion property-sale articles already in this category
- Internal links added: 5 (within this article) + 3 retrofits to existing articles that previously linked ambiguously
- Future links: 0
- Category page link: ✅ added
- External links checked: 2 (both specific primary sources)
- Taxpert CTAs: 0 (deliberate — see note)
- Structure: ✅ Good
Category Recommendation
strategies-and-pitfalls — confirmed correct.
Internal Links to Add (within this new article)
| Location | Anchor Text | URL | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opener redirect | "Selling Your Primary Residence in France: Is the Money Taxable?" | /blog/primary-residence-sale-tax-free-france | ✅ Live |
| Declaration section | "Form 2047 Explained: How UK Expats Declare Foreign Income in France" | /blog/form-2047-explained-uk-expats-france | ✅ Live |
| What to Do Now | Strategies & Pitfalls category | /blog/strategies-and-pitfalls | ✅ Live |
| Common Mistakes #5 | "Capital Losses in France: Can You Carry Them Forward?" | /blog/capital-losses-carry-forward-france | ✅ Live |
| FAQ answer | "Capital Losses in France: Can You Carry Them Forward?" (second reference) | /blog/capital-losses-carry-forward-france | ✅ Live |
THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM — Retrofitting Ambiguous Links in Existing Articles
This is the core reason this article was commissioned: forfeited-deposit-buyer-withdraws-tax-france.md and capital-gains-pacs-married-couples-france.md both discuss property gains without a dedicated property-gains article to point to, leaving cross-links pointing at PACS-pooling mechanics or loss-carry-forward mechanics instead of the actual calculation. Now that this article exists, three retrofits applied:
| Article | Old link target | New link target | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| forfeited-deposit-buyer-withdraws-tax-france.md | primary-residence-sale-tax-free-france.md (for "the tax side of a home sale" generally) | Added a second, more precise link to property-capital-gains-tax-france-calculated.md alongside the existing primary-residence link, since a forfeited deposit is a DIFFERENT tax question from either the property gain OR the primary-residence exemption — the reader needs both signposted separately now that both exist. | |
| capital-gains-pacs-married-couples-france.md | No dedicated property-gains link existed — property was only explained inline in the "Your Household Is One Taxpayer" section | Added a link from the property-gains paragraph to the new dedicated article, so a reader who wants the full property-gain calculation (rate, holding-period allowance, representative rules) isn't left with only the PACS-pooling mechanics. | |
| primary-residence-sale-tax-free-france.md | Linked to capital-gains-pacs-married-couples-france.md for "how those standard rules work" when the exemption doesn't apply | Retargeted to the new dedicated property-gains article — more precise, since the PACS article is about household pooling, not the calculation itself. |
All three retrofits applied directly to the article files (see edits).
Category Page Link
✅ Added in the What to Do Now closing area, matching the established pattern.
External Links
- impots.gouv.fr "Je vends mon bien immobilier..." — specific page, not homepage. ✅ Good.
- BOFiP BOI-RFPI-PVINR-30-20 — specific doctrine page on the accredited representative rule. ✅ Good.
Taxpert CTAs
0 present. Deliberate: this is a calculation-heavy topic where the French Tax Bill Estimator tool doesn't cover property gains specifically (it's income tax/social charges on income, not a property plus-value calculator per the tool table) — no genuine fit found among the four real tools. Correct to omit per template guidance rather than force one.
Structure Notes
- Key takeaways: present, 4 bullets, self-contained. ✅
- H2 sections: 6 (The Basic Rate; The Holding-Period Allowance; The Surtax; How and When It's Declared; If You're a Non-French-Resident Seller; What to Do Now as a list). ✅
- Common Mistakes: present, numbered, 5 items. ✅
- FAQ: present, 5 questions, correct H3 + direct-answer-first shape. ✅
- Sources line: present, correctly formatted, 2 primary sources. ✅
- No H1/breadcrumb/date/category label in body. ✅
Recommended Next Step
[x] Applied all internal links directly to this article [x] Retrofitted 3 existing articles' ambiguous links to point here instead [x] Category confirmed: strategies-and-pitfalls [x] File already lives in content/blog/ — ready for tracker update