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I am retired and have low income. Am I exempt from capital gains tax if I sell my secondary residence purchased in 2021?

Yes, subject to conditions. To qualify for an exemption from capital gains tax, you must meet all of the following conditions: You receive an old-age pension (retirement pension); You are not liable for the real estate wealth tax (Impôt sur la Fortune Immobilière – IFI); Your reference taxable income for…
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I am associated with my spouse and my brother in a family SCI subject to IR. With my spouse, we occupy one of the properties of the SCI as our main residence. The SCI has decided to sell this property (...)

Will the 3 partners be exempt from real estate capital gains? No. Capital gains realized on the sale of the main residence of the seller on the day of the sale are exempt (article 150 U, II-1° of the General Tax Code). When the property is held through a company…
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We are 4 cousins, and our aunt gave us the bare ownership of one of her apartments while retaining the usufruct. We all want to sell it, but she is against it. Can we get legal permission to sell it?

No . When the ownership of an asset is dismembered, i.e., divided between a bare owner and a usufructuary, in principle the judge cannot authorize the sale of the asset against the will of the usufructuary (art. 815 -5 C. civ.).
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I am French and have lived in Germany for 8 years. I want to sell a house I inherited in France. Will I pay capital gains tax?

, if y Noou meet these conditions (Article 150 U II-2° CGI): You were tax resident in France for at least two years. The property is residential. The sale occurs within 10 years of moving abroad. The exemption applies only once and up to €150,000 in net gains.
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I was living in a common-law relationship in an apartment rented solely in my partner’s name. Unfortunately, she has just passed away. Can I have the lease transferred to my name?

Yes, subject to conditions. Article 14 of Law No. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 provides that, in the event of the tenant’s death, the lease is transferred in particular “to the de facto partner who had been living with [the tenant] for at least one year at the date of…
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