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Originally Posted by Rexor
My confusion is over how to convince the French authorities to allow us to take up residence if I'm not interested in taking a job in their country. I read elsewhere that they don't care about my previous tax returns, so I couldn't even prove to them that I have an income!  |
Just thought of something when I saw Giant Panda quote back this same section...
Just because the French don't take back tax returns as proof of income doesn't mean you can't prove that you have income. It may take a bit of creativity (which is always a risk when dealing with fonctionnaires
) but perhaps your publisher could provide a letter (which would have to translated, no doubt) attesting to the ongoing level of your royalties, or something like that.
If you continue to write while in France, I know the US considers the royalties received on works actually written and researched in France (or anywhere overseas) to fall under the "earned income" category and thus subject to the overseas earned income exclusion. I assumes that means that royalties on works written while resident in France would be taxable in France (which should also subject you to the social charges).
Not sure how the US would regard royalties you receive while resident in France on works actually written in the US, though I suspect the French would claim dibs on taxing those.
I think the main problem is that you don't "fit" a proper pigeonhole for bureaucratic purposes. But, where there's a will there's a way...
Cheers,
Bev