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style=\"width:900px;height:900px;top:-420px;right:-240px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"bloom b-pu\" style=\"width:640px;height:640px;top:180px;left:-320px\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"hero-in\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pill\">Article 4 B of the French Tax Code<\/div>\n<h1>Leave.<br \/>We keep <em>the evidence<\/em>.<\/h1>\n<p class=\"sub\">Your tax residence file, built before you leave \u2014 while the documents still exist \u2014 and kept up to date for as long as it may be requested from you.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ctas\"> <a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/app.balmontconseil.com\/register\">Create a free account <span class=\"ar\">\u2192<\/span><\/a> <a class=\"btn-ghost\" href=\"https:\/\/app.balmontconseil.com\/test-residence\">Test my eleven criteria \u2014 free<\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"reassure\"> <span><i class=\"tick\">\u2713<\/i> No commitment<\/span> <span><i class=\"tick\">\u2713<\/i> No appointment necessary<\/span> <span><i class=\"tick\">\u2713<\/i> Export your documents at any time<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stage\">\n<div class=\"phone\">\n<div class=\"notch\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-top\">\n<div class=\"t\">Residence \u00b7 2027<\/div>\n<div class=\"ring\"><b>9\/11<\/b><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-body\">\n<div class=\"ph-y\"><span class=\"chip\">2025<\/span><span class=\"chip\">2026<\/span><span class=\"chip on\">2027<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-row\"><span class=\"nm\">Home<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-row\"><span class=\"nm\">Principal stay<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-row\"><span class=\"nm\">Professional activity<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-row\" style=\"border-color:rgba(245,194,66,.35)\"><span class=\"nm\">Centre of economic interests<\/span><span class=\"st st-wa\">Declared<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-row\"><span class=\"nm\">Permanent home<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-row\"><span class=\"nm\">Centre of vital interests<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-row\" style=\"opacity:.55\"><span class=\"nm\">Habitual abode<\/span><span class=\"st st-no\">Not applicable<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"ph-cta\">Generate my 2027 file<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc\">\n<div class=\"doc-h\">\n<div> <b>Tax residence file<\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"m\">Year 2027 \u00b7 prepared on 12 January 2028<br \/>Departure: 14 January 2027 \u00b7 Portugal<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"seal\">SEALED<br \/>SHA-256<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top:8px\">\n<div class=\"doc-row\"><span class=\"nm\">01 \u00b7 Home<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc-row\"><span class=\"nm\">02 \u00b7 Principal stay<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc-row\"><span class=\"nm\">03 \u00b7 Professional activity<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc-row\"><span class=\"nm\">04 \u00b7 Centre of economic interests<\/span><span class=\"st st-wa\">Declared<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc-row\"><span class=\"nm\">06 \u00b7 Resident status (treaty)<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc-row\"><span class=\"nm\">07 \u00b7 Permanent home<\/span><span class=\"st st-ok\">Evidenced<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc-row\" style=\"opacity:.5\"><span class=\"nm\">09 \u00b7 Habitual abode<\/span><span class=\"st st-no\">Not applicable<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc-f\"><span>9 evidenced \u00b7 1 declared \u00b7 1 pending<\/span><span>3f9a\u2026c21b<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"stats\">\n<div class=\"s\">\n<div class=\"n\">30 days<\/div>\n<div class=\"k\">to respond to a request from the tax authorities. The deadline is not extended.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s\">\n<div class=\"n\">11<\/div>\n<div class=\"k\">criteria examined, in order: domestic law first, then the tax treaty.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s\">\n<div class=\"n\">N\u22125<\/div>\n<div class=\"k\">the depth of the logbook. A logbook that stops at N\u22122 does not cover the limitation period.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"s\">\n<div class=\"n\">0<\/div>\n<div class=\"k\">document reconstructed after the fact. What is missing is recorded as missing.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"bloom b-bl\" style=\"width:620px;height:620px;top:-140px;right:-260px\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"kicker\">What is at stake<\/p>\n<h2>\u20ac1,068 set against <em>your worldwide income<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\">If the tax authorities treat you as a French resident, it is not a fine: it is the basis of your taxation that changes, retroactively, for the years concerned.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bal\">\n<div class=\"side left\">\n<p class=\"lbl\" style=\"color:var(--lime)\">The file<\/p>\n<div class=\"amount\">1 068 \u20ac<\/div>\n<p class=\"note\" style=\"color:rgba(255,255,255,.58)\">incl. VAT, once only. Then \u20ac39 incl. VAT per month to update it every year and keep it for as long as the tax authorities can request it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Once<\/b><span>Built before departure, while the documents still exist.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Dated<\/b><span>Each document bears the date it was uploaded, not the current date.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Documented<\/b><span>Sealed with a SHA-256 hash that any change alters.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"vs\">set against<\/div>\n<div class=\"side right\">\n<p class=\"lbl\" style=\"color:var(--rd)\">Being reclassified as a French tax resident<\/p>\n<div class=\"amount\" style=\"font-size:clamp(30px,3.8vw,40px)\">Your worldwide income<\/div>\n<p class=\"note\" style=\"color:rgba(255,255,255,.58)\">Taxed in France for the reassessed years (Article 4 A of the French Tax Code). Late-payment interest is added; penalties, for their part, require the tax authorities to establish intent.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>2.4% a year<\/b><span>late-payment interest (0.20% per month), due automatically \u2014 nearly 10% over four years.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>40%<\/b><span>penalty <em style=\"font-style:normal;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6)\">if<\/em> a deliberate breach is established.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>80%<\/b><span>in the case of fraudulent manoeuvres \u2014 the rarest scenario.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"note\" style=\"margin-top:24px;max-width:76ch\">No file guarantees an outcome, and we promise none. What a complete file, dated and sealed by its hash, changes is what you are able to produce on the day the question is asked.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"background:var(--c2)\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">On the day of the request<\/p>\n<h2>The same question, in <em>two situations<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\">\u201cProve that you were not tax-domiciled in France in 2027.\u201d You have thirty days to respond.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cmp\">\n<div class=\"col no\">\n<p class=\"lbl\">Without a prepared file<\/p>\n<h4>You go looking for the documents.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-no\">\u00d7<\/span><span>The 2027 lease has ended and the agency cannot find it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-no\">\u00d7<\/span><span>The bank no longer keeps statements online for more than five years.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-no\">\u00d7<\/span><span>School certificates from that time were never requested.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-no\">\u00d7<\/span><span>You write a declaratory response, with no supporting documents.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-no\">\u00d7<\/span><span>The burden of proof remains on you, and the clock is ticking.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col yes\">\n<p class=\"lbl\" style=\"color:var(--lime)\">With the file<\/p>\n<h4>You respond with a document that is already dated.<\/h4>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-yes\">\u2713<\/span><span>The eleven criteria are completed, year by year.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-yes\">\u2713<\/span><span>Each document bears the date on which it was uploaded, in 2027.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-yes\">\u2713<\/span><span>What was missing is listed as missing: nothing is reconstructed after the fact.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-yes\">\u2713<\/span><span>The document&#039;s hash proves it has not been altered since.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"><span class=\"mk mk-yes\">\u2713<\/span><span>The file will be delivered to you within five working days.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p class=\"kicker\">An illustrative example<\/p>\n<h2>Four years between departure and <em>the question<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\">The time lag is the rule, not the exception. That is what makes it impossible to build the file when you need it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tl\">\n<div class=\"step on\">\n<div class=\"bullet\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"d\">January 2027<\/div>\n<div class=\"t\">Departure for Lisbon. The file is compiled within the following month, using the documents from that time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step on\">\n<div class=\"bullet\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"d\">February 2028<\/div>\n<div class=\"t\">Annual update. Two documents no longer cover the year: they are flagged, then replaced.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step on\">\n<div class=\"bullet\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"d\">February 2029<\/div>\n<div class=\"t\">Annual update. A tax treaty is amended: what affects you is explained to you.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step alert\">\n<div class=\"bullet\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"d\">May 2030<\/div>\n<div class=\"t\">Request for clarification regarding the year 2027. The thirty-day period begins.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"step on\">\n<div class=\"bullet\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"d\">June 2030<\/div>\n<div class=\"t\">Response sent with the 2027 file, dated 2027 and sealed. No document had to be tracked down.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"produit\" style=\"background:var(--c2)\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">What you use<\/p>\n<h2>Not a questionnaire. <em>An instrument of proof.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\">One closed answer per criterion, the consequence stated before you answer, and the supporting document required named where you upload it. Nothing is guessed on your behalf.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"shot\">\n<div class=\"bar\"><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><em>Criteria \u00b7 year 2027<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"qz\">\n<div class=\"q\">Where is your home?<\/div>\n<div class=\"h\">The place where your spouse and minor children reside.<\/div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><span class=\"radio\"><\/span>Home in France (a qualifying household member lives there)<\/div>\n<div class=\"opt sel\"><span class=\"radio\"><\/span>Home abroad<\/div>\n<div class=\"opt\"><span class=\"radio\"><\/span>No home identified<\/div>\n<div class=\"csq\">What this implies: to be supported by a document for each qualifying household member \u2014 proof of occupancy in both names, residence visa, school certificate dated at the start of the school year.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"doc-row\" style=\"border-bottom:0;padding-top:14px;font-size:12px\"> <span class=\"nm\">Document required \u00b7 2027 school certificate<\/span> <span class=\"st st-ok\">Uploaded on 03\/09\/2027<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shot\">\n<div class=\"bar\"><i><\/i><i><\/i><i><\/i><em>What you receive<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"body\">\n<div class=\"mail\"> <b>Your proof of address no longer covers 2028<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The last document submitted is dated November 2027. To document the year 2028, a document dated 2028 is required. You can submit it from your account.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail\" style=\"margin-top:14px\"> <b>The France\u2013Portugal tax treaty has been amended<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The point that concerns you: the definition of a permanent home. Your file has been reviewed; none of your documents is called into question.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"note\" style=\"margin-top:16px\">We flag what changes. We recommend no product, and an alert is never followed by a sales follow-up.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p class=\"kicker\">The substance<\/p>\n<h2>Eleven criteria, in the order in which <em>they are examined<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\">First, domestic law: a single criterion is enough to make you a French resident. Only then the tax treaty, and only within its material scope.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<p class=\"lbl\" style=\"color:var(--lime)\">Domestic law \u2014 Article 4 B<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:var(--mu);margin:11px 0 20px\">A single criterion is enough. None is a day count, none is weighted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--lime)\">01<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Home<\/b><span>Where the household lives, and the document that proves it for each member.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--lime)\">02<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Principal stay<\/b><span>Examined if there is no home. A comparison between countries, not a threshold.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--lime)\">03<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Professional activity<\/b><span>Time per country, documented. A specific presumption for company directors.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--lime)\">04<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Centre of economic interests<\/b><span>The source of income, asset by asset \u2014 wealth that yields nothing proves nothing.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--lime)\">05<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Government employee<\/b><span>The specific case of Article 4 B, 2.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\">\n<p class=\"lbl\" style=\"color:var(--bl)\">Tax treaty \u2014 Article 4<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:var(--mu);margin:11px 0 20px\">A cascade: you move down a rung only if the one above has not settled the question.<\/p>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--bl)\">06<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Resident status (\u00a71)<\/b><span>The preliminary step: are you a resident of the other State within the meaning of the treaty?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--bl)\">07<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Permanent home<\/b><span>Assessed by actual use and costs, never by title alone.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--bl)\">08<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Centre of vital interests<\/b><span>Personal and economic ties. Where they diverge, the courts have followed personal ties.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--bl)\">09<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Habitual abode<\/b><span>Frequency, duration, regularity. Still no six-month threshold.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--bl)\">10<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Nationality<\/b><span>The rung at which a French national loses, if nothing has settled it before.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"crit\"><span class=\"n\" style=\"color:var(--bl)\">11<\/span><\/p>\n<div><b>Mutual agreement procedure<\/b><span>The last resort between the two states.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid g3\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n<div class=\"gar\"><b>\u201cFewer than 183 days\u201d<\/b><span>This rule does not exist in Article 4 B. The criteria are alternative: only one is sufficient. This is the mistake we see most often.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gar\"><b>The criteria are annual<\/b><span>Evidence gathered in 2027 proves nothing for 2030. Each year is documented in its own right.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gar\"><b>Up to N\u22125<\/b><span>The limitation period reaches well back beyond the year of departure. A logbook that stops at N\u22122 does not cover what may be requested of you.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"background:var(--c2)\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">The process<\/p>\n<h2>Four steps, <em>no appointment required<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\">Everything is done from your client area. You can stop at any step and pick up later: what you have entered is saved.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid g4\">\n<div class=\"card step-c\"><span class=\"badge\">01<\/span><b>You create your account<\/b><span>Free, in two minutes. It is your space: your documents, your exchanges, in one place.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card step-c\"><span class=\"badge\">02<\/span><b>You describe your situation<\/b><span>The process uses your personal information: nothing to re-enter. It prepares your engagement letter and the client onboarding document.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card step-c\"><span class=\"badge\">03<\/span><b>You sign, then you pay<\/b><span>Electronic signature with the code received by SMS, then payment for the departure file: \u20ac1,068 incl. VAT, once only.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"card step-c\"><span class=\"badge\">04<\/span><b>Your Residence module opens<\/b><span>The eleven criteria, document uploads year by year, and your file, which can be generated at any time.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<div class=\"bloom b-lime\" style=\"width:700px;height:700px;top:-180px;left:-300px\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"kicker\">The price<\/p>\n<h2>Two lines, <em>announced in advance<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\" style=\"margin-bottom:34px\">The departure file is paid for once. The subscription keeps it accurate. There is no third line.<\/p>\n<div class=\"band\"> <span class=\"k\">Founder price<\/span> <span class=\"t\">Founder places: {n} \/ 100 already taken \u00b7 the price is guaranteed with no increase for as long as your subscription runs<\/span> <\/div>\n<div class=\"grid g2\">\n<div class=\"card\">\n<p class=\"lbl\">Before departure<\/p>\n<div class=\"price\"><span class=\"v\">1 068 \u20ac<\/span><span class=\"u\">incl. VAT \u00b7 once only \u00b7 of which \u20ac890 excl. VAT<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:var(--mu);margin:0\">Analysed, compiled and delivered with its documentary completeness status.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"b\">\n<li>Documented tax residence study<\/li>\n<li>Document file compiled item by item<\/li>\n<li>French obligations to settle before departure<\/li>\n<li>Departure day formalities<\/li>\n<li>Insurability of your profile and destination country<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> <a class=\"btn\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:24px\" href=\"https:\/\/app.balmontconseil.com\/register\">Create a free account <span class=\"ar\">\u2192<\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"card\" style=\"border-color:rgba(200,240,32,.3);background:linear-gradient(168deg,rgba(200,240,32,.09) 0%,rgba(200,240,32,.01) 55%),var(--card)\">\n<p class=\"lbl\">Then, every month<\/p>\n<div class=\"price\"><span class=\"v\">39 \u20ac<\/span><span class=\"u\">incl. VAT \/ month \u00b7 of which \u20ac32.50 excl. VAT \u00b7 twelve-month commitment, i.e. \u20ac468.00 incl. VAT over the year<\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.55;color:var(--mu);margin:0\">Your file stays up to date and available, without you having to think about it.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"b\">\n<li>Storage of your documents for as long as they may be requested<\/li>\n<li>Annual update of your file<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring of tax treaties and tax doctrine<\/li>\n<li>Alert when a document no longer covers the current year<\/li>\n<li>A single point of contact, a single consent, export at any time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"note\" style=\"margin-top:24px\">\u20ac59 incl. VAT \/ month (\u20ac49.17 excl. VAT), i.e. \u20ac708.00 incl. VAT over the year, from the 101st subscriber. Offered when your file is delivered, never before.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid g2\" style=\"margin-top:20px\">\n<div class=\"card\" style=\"background:var(--c2)\">\n<p class=\"lbl\">What is included<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82);margin:11px 0\">Everything listed above, at no extra cost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82);margin:0\">Your file made available within five working days if the tax authorities request it, provided the necessary information is available and usable.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"card\" style=\"background:var(--c2)\">\n<p class=\"lbl\">What is not<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82);margin:11px 0\">Your tax returns: we prepare the documents, we do not file them for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82);margin:0 0 11px\">Legal advice and taxation in your host country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82);margin:0\">Support in the event of a tax audit, charged per service, price stated in advance.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"note\" style=\"margin-top:20px;max-width:80ch\">Prices include VAT at 20%. Account creation is free: it opens your client area and the subscription process. The Residence module opens upon payment of the departure file.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section style=\"background:var(--c2)\">\n<p class=\"kicker\">The limits of the service<\/p>\n<h2>What we <em>do not do<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\" style=\"margin-bottom:48px\">Saying it here saves you discovering it later. It is also what makes everything else credible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"grid g4\">\n<div class=\"notdo\"><b>We do not rule on your status<\/b><span>We do not state anywhere that you are, or are no longer, a French resident. That determination belongs to the tax authorities and, in the event of disagreement, to the courts. We organise what makes it defensible.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"notdo\"><b>We do not file on your behalf<\/b><span>We prepare the documents and the replies. Your tax returns remain your own.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"notdo\"><b>We promise no outcome<\/b><span>No file guarantees an outcome. A complete, dated and sealed file changes what you can put forward \u2014 that is all we claim.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"notdo\"><b>We sell nothing off the back of an alert<\/b><span>An alert says what changes. It never recommends a product, and it is never followed by a sales follow-up.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p class=\"kicker\">Questions<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"margin-bottom:48px\">What we are asked <em>before subscribing<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"q-row\"><b>Why do I have to pay before accessing the Residence module?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Because the module is the product, not a demo. The free account opens your client area and the subscription process: there you see the contents of the file, the price and the documents to sign before committing. The module itself opens upon payment of the departure file.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-row\"><b>Will you tell me whether I am still a French tax resident?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No, and no serious professional will tell you in advance. We document each criterion of Article 4 B, then, where relevant, those of the applicable tax treaty. What you get is a file that holds up, not an opinion that commits no one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-row\"><b>I&#039;m leaving in three weeks. Is it too late?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>No. The file is built with the documents that exist on the date you upload them. What is missing is recorded as missing, with the required supporting document named. This is precisely the period when documents can still be retrieved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-row\"><b>I already left last year. Is it still useful?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yes, as long as the years concerned are not time-barred. The logbook goes back to N\u22125: past years are documented with the documents still available, and what is missing is recorded as missing rather than reconstructed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-row\"><b>What if I cancel the subscription?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>You can export all of your documents for ninety days after cancellation, with no need to give a reason. Your access to your account is not closed: what you have paid for remains viewable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"q-row\"><b>Can I withdraw from the contract?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Yes, within fourteen days of signing. If you ask us to start immediately, you expressly waive this period \u2014 the box is in the contract, and it is never ticked in advance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"final\">\n<h2>The 2027 documents <em>exist in 2027<\/em>.<\/h2>\n<p class=\"lede\">Creating your account costs nothing and commits you to nothing. You see the contents of the file, the price and the documents to sign before deciding.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"btn\" style=\"padding:18px 34px;font-size:16px\" href=\"https:\/\/app.balmontconseil.com\/register\">Create a free account <span class=\"ar\">\u2192<\/span><\/a> <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article 4 B du CGI Partez.On garde les preuves. 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