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What is a ‘Société Civile Immobilière (SCI)'?

Tuesday 15 June 2010

We are pleased to release our free guide to the Société Civile Immobilière (SCI), a company structure for the ownership of French property.

In the guide we consider the following issues:

  • i. What is an SCI?
  • ii. SCIs and Multiple Ownership of French Property
  • iii. Transfer of French Property through an SCI
  • iv. SCIs and French Inheritance Laws
  • v. Tax Implications
  • vi. Business Use
  • vii. Setting up an SCI
  • viii. Running an SCI

The use of an SCI is by no means self-evident, whatever you may be advised by a notaire or legal advisors (who would of course expect to earn fee income from creating it for you!).

You can read the guide at Société Civile Immobilière (SCI).

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