The taxe d’habitation is a local housing tax charged every year on furnished homes in France. If you own a second home in France (not your main residence), you usually have to pay it.
The end of the year is a good time to make sure your finances, home, and official records are in order.
If you frequently drive into Spain, especially across the Le Perthus border, there are important changes coming to Spanish Catalan motorways from 2026.
Hours to work for you, work from home, meet lots of new people….why not join the P-O Life team?
If you drive in Spain — whether you live there or just visit — you’ve probably seen the coloured round stickers on car windscreens.
New European rules are on the way — and they’ll affect every driver in France.
Don’t allow your identity or personal details to be shared with others.
Sometimes it’s easier to stay with an unsatisfactory bank, than to research and change to a different one, particularly if you have several accounts. It could be out of the frying pan…
The “right to an account” , ‘le droit au compte’, ensures everyone’s right to have access to a bank account. But how does it work? What are the conditions? Click for the lowdown!
This time, hackers are posing as airports elling off lost and unclaimed luggage for tiny prices.