{"id":4161,"date":"2025-05-13T13:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T11:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syntaxe.com\/?p=4161"},"modified":"2025-11-03T21:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T20:42:39","slug":"french-tax-residency-the-183-days-myth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syntaxe.com\/en\/french-tax-residency-the-183-days-myth\/","title":{"rendered":"French Tax Residency: The 183-Days Myth"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overflow=&#8221;visible&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; 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custom_height=&#8221;40&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;linkanim&#8221; text_direction=&#8221;default&#8221;]Fewer than 183 days in France = no French tax residency?<\/p>\n<p>Think again.<\/p>\n<p>In the May 2025 print edition of Trusts &amp; Estates, our lawyers <a id=\"ember1410\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michel-dayanithi\/\">Michel Dayanithi<\/a> and <a id=\"ember1411\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/margaux-niclout\/\">Margaux Niclout<\/a> debunk one of the most enduring myths in cross-border tax planning.<\/p>\n<p>The idea that you can safely avoid French tax residency by spending fewer than 183 days in France is not only incorrect, it\u2019s dangerously misleading.<\/p>\n<p>With the 2025 French Finance Bill now extending the statute of limitations to 10 years in cases of \u201cfalse domiciliation,\u201d misunderstanding residency rules isn\u2019t just a technicality: it\u2019s a risk with 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