No we are going to be treated as special cases as ex-EU citizens. Everything in the Withdrawal Agreement on citizens rights applies just as much to the 3 million plus EU citizens resident in the UK as it does to Brits in France & other EU states.
You had to declare all foreign bank accounts the last time I completed a French tax return so what’s new? Happily (?) my worldwide assets do not amount to enough for French wealth tax to concern me.
Application for the WA CdS will be online with a visit to the préfecuture or sous-préfecture for fingerprinting & to confirm identity with just a passport.your CdS will be sent to you by post. You will not be required to produce a birth certificate with or without translation or utility bills or any of the other crap that rogue préfectures have required of Brits applying for an EU CdS in the last few years.
It doesn’t matter that you have a foot in both camps. This is not an application for French nationality it’s just regularisation & confirmation that you have exercised you right of freedom of movement to settle in another EU state.
and here was me thinking that as a higher rate tax payer you would have significant assets ripe for French pickings…
Even if I had net assets worth more €1.3 million (I wish!) there is an exemption from wealth tax on foreign assets for the first five years after you become resident in France so I would have plenty of time to make arrangements to minimise my liability.
Get what? Permanent residence? I had permanent residence with a 10 year CdS but have lost it through being absent from France since 2012. I have to earn the right of permanent residence again by spending six months a year in France for the next five years. Then there is no minimum period you must spend in France & you can even be totally absent for up to five years before losing that right to permanent residence.
Nope - only if you hold a current EU CDS.
Yes, those of us who can prove 5 years plus residency will be given special treatment- it doesn’t apply to those who can’t prove the 5 years residency.
Hmm. Not going to argue this one as I am not up to speed but I think it sounds unlikely! But good luck! X
Also - have you looked at the flow chart @Stella posted? It is clear that there are ‘grey’ areas - my student offspring being one for starters - no current CDS as were underage when we applied and zero explanation of exactly what paperwork they will need to produce. Like I said, if you don’t tick a box it is not going to be plain sailing. And that’s before someone reads your social media history and reads your anti mask comments 
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And to be fair wealth tax is only on immobilier now and excludes your family home. So, it’s pretty generous IMO. Though your immobilier does include any property investment. So your tower block in South Ken will have to declared 
Those who can prove more than 5 years residence will get permanent 10 year cards. Those with less than 5 years residence will get a 5 year card & a permanent card when they have clocked up 5 years eg if they can already prove 4 years after another year.
In the UK there is no surcharge on second homes on the contrary you can get a discount of 50% on council tax if the property is not your main home.
Thought you were coming to France… what will the UK have to do with this?
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That is not true. Perhaps it is so in England but not in Wales. I do no know about Scotland or NI.
Main home in France no taxe d’habitation. Second home in UK standard council tax. Double bubble!
You are right. I just checked where I grew up in West Wales & the council charge a 50% premium on council tax on second homes.
In England it varies from council to council. None that I found charge a premium (I think it’s not allowed) & some offer discounts. Apparently a discount of up to 50% is allowed by the legislation but I could only find either a maximum of 10-25% discount. In my area of Essex there is no discount on a second home.
If by this is meant one can spend as much time as one wants in other Schengen countries, away from that in which one is registered as a resident, after 31/12/20 this will not be the case. Brits can ‘sign up’ for residency in an EU country but once registered they will not have the Freedom of Movement to other countries.
Once out of your country of residence, the 90 day rule kicks in.
Hi Christopher
this whole thing is being discussed at EU level and the details are gradually changing/emerging…
what we knew yesterday… is not necessarily what we know today… and, as for tomorrow… 
who knows…
You are right to think that things will not change. Why should they? And as for the nub of it, Véronique nailed it in one word.