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Family life in the US and France: cross-border tax questions
Family visits, a partner's work and a home in another country can make your life international without one clear relocation date. Start with each adult's circumstances, then map the arrangements you share. It helps to know which question belongs to which person before trying to find an answer for the household.
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Your cross-border tax questions.
Separate citizenship, living arrangements and ownership in your notes. Describe each person's situation in their own right, even when travel and accounts are shared.
- Which questions need an individual rather than a household review?
- What should we ask about shared property and accounts?
- Which changes to work, home or family plans should we raise together?
Make the next conversation easier
Records for your tax review.
Keep these in your own records. You do not need to send Treaty documents, amounts or personal details.
- Separate living and working timelines
- Ownership details for shared arrangements
- A list of upcoming family decisions
Your next step in tax research.
Create an agenda with a section for each adult and one for shared arrangements. Ask a US–France adviser to identify where those reviews need to be coordinated.
Official tax guidance
Use the tax authorities’ guidance for the period and circumstances you are reviewing. These links are starting points, not an answer about your own position.
Treaty offers this preparation page for these countries. A diagnostic, tax calculation and filing service for this pair are not available.