{"id":3166,"date":"2026-09-16T17:39:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T15:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/?page_id=3166"},"modified":"2026-10-27T15:19:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:19:36","slug":"allemagne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/allemagne\/","title":{"rendered":"Wealth management in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left:3px solid #e6ff2a;background:#151c21;margin:0 0 34px;padding:22px 26px\"><p style=\"color:#e8eef2;font-size:18px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.6;margin:0\">\u201cAlexis, I&#039;ve been working in Frankfurt for three years; my wife stayed in Strasbourg with the children. Nobody can tell me which country we&#039;re supposed to be taxed in, or what will happen to our wealth if one of us dies.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Germany has 93,281 French nationals on the consular register at 31 December 2025. It is the <strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">sixth-largest destination worldwide<\/strong>, and the only major European destination where numbers are falling slightly (\u22121.66% over one year) \u2014 a sign of a settled community rather than a transient one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">It is also, of all our destinations, one of the best covered legally. France and Germany are bound by <strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">two separate tax treaties<\/strong> : one on income and wealth, the other \u2014 rarer \u2014 on inheritances and gifts. Added to these are a specific cross-border workers&#039; regime and, for anyone affiliated to the German scheme, exemption from CSG and CRDS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">At <strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Balmont Conseil<\/strong>, we see Germany as a case where most of the answers are already written \u2014 provided you read the right texts, in the right order, and know the clauses that make exceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;line-height:1.2;margin:56px 0 16px;font-weight:700\">1. Why seek expert <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/gestion-de-patrimoine\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">wealth management<\/a> in Germany?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Four issues shape a Franco-German case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Determining tax domicile.<\/strong> Between a job across the Rhine and a family that stayed in France, the answer is never obvious. The 1959 treaty sets out a hierarchy of criteria, and the cross-border workers&#039; regime an exception that reverses the general rule.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">The cross-border workers&#039; regime.<\/strong> For anyone who lives in the border zone and works on the other side, salaries are taxable only in the State of residence. The zone and daily-return conditions are precise, and getting them wrong is costly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Passing on your estate.<\/strong> The treaty of 12 October 2006 covers inheritances and gifts. It settles treaty domicile and provides for a tax credit. It also contains an anti-abuse clause that can tie a recent arrival to their State of origin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Social charges.<\/strong> This is the most tangible advantage, and the most often forgotten: anyone affiliated to the German scheme bears only 7.5% on French-source capital income, instead of 17.2%. The right box still has to be ticked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;line-height:1.2;margin:56px 0 16px;font-weight:700\">2. The France \u2194 Germany framework in five verified points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Here is the applicable framework, checked against official sources as at 15 September 2026. Germany is, with the United States, one of the few destinations where the first two lines are both favourable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\" style=\"margin:28px 0 14px\"><table style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%\"><tbody><tr><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#ffffff;background:#151c21;width:30%;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">French nationals on the register<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#c3d2db;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\">93,281 at 31 December 2025 (\u22121.66% over one year). Sixth-largest destination worldwide.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#ffffff;background:#151c21;width:30%;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Income tax treaty<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#c3d2db;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\">Yes \u2014 treaty of 21 July 1959 (Official Journal of 8 November 1961), amended by the protocols of 9 June 1969, 28 September 1989, 20 December 2001 and <strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">31 March 2015<\/strong>. A separate agreement governs cross-border workers.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#ffffff;background:#151c21;width:30%;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Estate tax treaty<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#c3d2db;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Yes<\/strong> \u2014 treaty of 12 October 2006 (Official Journal of 2 May 2009). It covers inheritances <em>and<\/em> gifts, defines treaty domicile and organises the elimination of double taxation by means of a tax credit.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#ffffff;background:#151c21;width:30%;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Exit tax \u2014 deferral of payment<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#c3d2db;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Automatic deferral of payment, no guarantee required.<\/strong> Germany is a member state of the European Union and has clauses with France on exchange of information and assistance in recovering all taxes.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#ffffff;background:#151c21;width:30%;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">CSG and CRDS on property income and capital gains<\/strong><\/td><td style=\"padding:14px 16px;border-bottom:1px solid #26323a;color:#c3d2db;font-size:15.5px;line-height:1.6;vertical-align:top\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">7.5% only.<\/strong> A person affiliated to a mandatory German social security scheme is exempt from CSG and CRDS on their French-source capital income; only the solidarity levy remains due. Boxes 8SH or 8SI of form 2042 C must be ticked.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\" style=\"color:#7d8f9a;font-size:12.5px;line-height:1.55;margin-top:12px;text-align:left\">Sources: list of tax treaties concluded by France (BOI-ANNX-000306, updated 29 April 2026); exchange-of-information and recovery-assistance clauses (BOI-ANNX-000508, position at 8 October 2025); register of French nationals living outside France at 31 December 2025 (Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs); text of the treaty published by impots.gouv.fr; impots.gouv.fr for social charges on non-residents. Position as at 16 September 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">The protocol of 31 March 2015 changed the rules on pensions.<\/strong> Many Franco-German retirees still reason on the basis of the former law. The applicable text is the 2015 one: we check it for each case rather than relying on old documentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">The 2006 estate tax treaty does not neutralise everything.<\/strong> It allocates taxing rights between the two States and grants a tax credit. But Article 750 ter of the French Tax Code still applies, and its paragraph 3\u00b0 makes taxable in France all assets received by an heir domiciled in France for at least six of the last ten years. If you live in Germany and your children have stayed in Strasbourg or Lyon, it is their situation that decides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">The exemption from CSG is not automatic.<\/strong> It requires an active declaration and proof of affiliation. Every year, European expatriates pay 17.2% instead of 7.5% for failing to tick two boxes. On property income of \u20ac20,000, the difference exceeds \u20ac1,900 a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;line-height:1.2;margin:56px 0 16px;font-weight:700\">3. Our services: 360\u00b0 support for expatriates and investors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Our work covers three areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Qualifying your situation under the two treaties<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">We determine your tax domicile under the 1959 treaty for income, and under the 2006 treaty for inheritance \u2014 because the two definitions do not necessarily coincide. We then check, condition by condition, whether the cross-border workers&#039; regime applies to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">This work produces a document you can rely on: a reasoned, sourced and dated position that you can produce if either tax authority raises a question.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\">Analysis of treaty domicile under both texts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\">Checking the conditions of the cross-border workers&#039; regime (zone, daily return, employer).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\">A written, sourced position, kept on your file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Recovering and securing the CSG and CRDS exemption<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">We check that your affiliation does entitle you to the exemption, that boxes 8SH or 8SI are correctly completed, and that your proof of affiliation is up to date. Where appropriate, we look at the possibility of a claim for the years not yet time-barred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">It is a profitable step in a common Franco-German case, and one that is often omitted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Structuring the Franco-German transfer of your wealth<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">We model the transfer of your wealth under both systems and apply the credit provided for by the 2006 treaty, then cross-check against Article 750 ter of the French Tax Code according to each heir&#039;s domicile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Finally, we examine how portable your wrappers are. A <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/nos-solutions\/assurance-vie-luxembourgeoise\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Luxembourg assurance-vie contract<\/a> is of particular interest here: it is neutral as regards the policyholder&#039;s country of residence and withstands a move back and forth between the two countries without disruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\">Modelling the transfer of wealth and applying the treaty credit.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\">Costing Article 750 ter for each heir.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\">Reallocating wrappers according to their real portability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;line-height:1.2;margin:56px 0 16px;font-weight:700\">4. Methodology: our way of working<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">We work in four stages, and at each stage you know where you stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">The initial review.<\/strong> We establish your actual situation: the make-up of your wealth, the project timeline, the situation of each member of the household, and the tax domicile of your heirs \u2014 because it is theirs that counts, not yours.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">The applicable framework.<\/strong> We set out, source by source and with its date, the framework that applies to you. What we do not know, we mark \u201cto be confirmed\u201d \u2014 never anything else.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">The choices.<\/strong> We present the options with figures and their respective consequences, and you decide. <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/ingenierie-patrimoniale\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Wealth structuring<\/a> comes after the decision, not before.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Ongoing monitoring.<\/strong> An annual review, free of charge, to check that the framework has not moved \u2014 treaties are amended, incentive regimes are abolished, thresholds change.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;line-height:1.2;margin:56px 0 16px;font-weight:700\">5. What the firm offers you<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">What concretely sets our work apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Sources, not claims.<\/strong> Every item in your file carries its reference and its date. You can check. It is the only way to work on a subject where most of the information available online is out of date.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">A single point of contact in France.<\/strong> We coordinate your local advisers; we do not replace them: the host country&#039;s domestic tax rules are handled with a qualified professional on the ground. Our role is to keep the whole picture consistent and to defend the French side of the file.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:10px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Fees that are easy to understand.<\/strong> Fees disclosed before any commitment: fixed-price reviews, tailor-made engagements at \u20ac500 incl. VAT per hour, insurers&#039; commissions on contracts taken out. The annual review is free of charge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"border:0;border-top:1px solid #26323a;margin:46px 0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;line-height:1.2;margin:56px 0 16px;font-weight:700\">Frequently asked questions: Germany<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">I work in Germany and my family lives in France. Where am I taxed?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">It depends first on your tax domicile under the 1959 treaty, which sets out a hierarchy of criteria \u2014 permanent home, centre of vital interests, habitual abode, nationality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">If you fall within the cross-border workers&#039; regime, the rule is reversed: your salary is taxable only in the State where you live, wherever your employer is located. The zone and return conditions are strict, and that is precisely the point we check first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Can I avoid CSG on my French property income?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Yes, if you are affiliated to a mandatory German social security scheme. You are then exempt from CSG and CRDS, and only the 7.5% solidarity levy remains due, instead of 17.2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">The exemption is not applied automatically: you must tick boxes 8SH or 8SI on form 2042 C and be able to prove your affiliation. It is a point we check systematically, including retrospectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Does the 2006 estate tax treaty protect my children who stayed in France?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">It allocates the right to tax between the two States and provides for a tax credit, which is a considerable advantage over destinations with no estate tax treaty \u2014 that is, most of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">It does not override Article 750 ter of the French Tax Code. If an heir is domiciled in France on the day of the transfer and has been for at least six of the previous ten years, France taxes all the assets they receive. The treaty credit then reduces the tax; it does not remove it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Does exit tax apply if I move to Germany?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">The thresholds in Article 167 bis of the French Tax Code are assessed in the same way whatever the host country. However, for a move to a European Union member state, the deferral of payment is <strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">automatic and requires no guarantee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">What remains are the reporting obligations and the follow-up until the tax is discharged. It is a formality, not a cash-flow burden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Do I need a German adviser as well as you?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">For anything under German domestic tax law \u2014 scales, allowances, local reporting obligations, how the German authorities treat your French contracts \u2014 yes: these matters are handled with a professional authorised in Germany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Our role is to handle the French side of the case, ensure overall consistency and ask the German adviser the right questions. We do not claim to replace them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"border:0;border-top:1px solid #26323a;margin:46px 0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:34px;line-height:1.2;margin:56px 0 16px;font-weight:700\">In summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Germany is, with the United States, the destination in our panel best covered by treaties: two treaties, including one on inheritance, a cross-border workers&#039; regime, and the CSG exemption tied to European affiliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">Most of the work is therefore less about building structures than about applying existing texts correctly \u2014 and not letting slip the advantages that do not apply automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\"><strong style=\"color:#ffffff\">Firm&#039;s fees: \u20ac500 incl. VAT per hour.<\/strong> Annual follow-up is free of charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Let&#039;s review your situation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\">A thirty-minute conversation is enough to check your treaty domicile and your CSG exemption. You can also start with a <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/radiographie-contrats\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">free contract X-ray<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"display:flex;gap:12px;flex-wrap:wrap;margin:24px 0 0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/contact\/\" style=\"background:#e6ff2a;color:#0b1317;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 28px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;display:inline-block\">Analyse my situation<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/asagnier-balmontconseil\/echange\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"background:transparent;color:#ffffff;border:1px solid #3a4852;border-radius:8px;padding:14px 28px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none;display:inline-block\">Book an appointment<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"border:0;border-top:1px solid #26323a;margin:46px 0\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">To learn more about Germany<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/vivre-en-allemagne-fiscalite-et-residence-fiscale\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Living in Germany: tax residency and tax rates 2026<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/quitter-la-france-pour-l-allemagne\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Leaving France for Germany: exit tax and Anmeldung<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/convention-fiscale-france-allemagne\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">France-Germany Tax Convention: 1959 and 2006<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/revenir-en-france-depuis-l-allemagne\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Returning to France from Germany<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/blog\/fiscalite-revenus-locatifs-allemagne-guide-expatrie\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Taxation of rental income in Germany<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff;font-size:22px;line-height:1.3;margin:34px 0 10px;font-weight:700\">Other destinations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#c3d2db;font-size:17px;line-height:1.7;margin:0 0 18px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/etats-unis\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">United States<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/canada\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Canada<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/israel\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Israel<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/maroc\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Morocco<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/algerie\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Algeria<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/pays-bas\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Netherlands<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/australie\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Australia<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/liban\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Lebanon<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/cote-d-ivoire\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">C\u00f4te d&#039;Ivoire<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/irlande\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Ireland<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/grece\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Greece<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/monaco\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Monaco<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/andorre\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Andorra<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/chypre\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">Cyprus<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/jordanie\/\" 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href=\"https:\/\/balmontconseil.com\/en\/expatries-mobilite-internationale\/destinations\/\" style=\"color:#e6ff2a;text-decoration:underline;text-underline-offset:3px\">expatriation destinations<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French expatriate in Germany: 2006 inheritance tax treaty, CSG exemption, cross-border worker status. 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