<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Sparks_flying:
I am an expat living in France. We have been living here a year. Lucky enough not to be obligated to pay french taxes! 
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How are you avoiding French taxes? You may want to double check that as you are personally responsible. One thing I learned is to not trust my company to do the right thing when it came to foreign taxes.