People opting to relocate to France should pay extra special attention to the issues of French inheritance law, claims a leading organisation.
Blevin Franks, a UK and worldwide tax advisory service, has pointed out that inheritance law is probably the "most important issue" to take into account for thos investing in French property.
French inheritance law limits the ability of individuals to decide to whom and how they bequeath their assets and inheritance tax can also be up to 60 per cent.
Peter Horn, senior advisor at Blevins Franks, said that "for many individuals – a married couple without children or with children from that marriage – the situation can be quite straightforward."
Complications arise when individuals are not married or there are children outside the marriage, he added.
According to independent financial advisors Siddalls, France was ranked the third best place for British people to retire with property prices around 50 per cent of UK averages.
