My biggest query is how the French tax authorities will view my Super as they don’t have anything similar.
Ideally it will be viewed as a private pension - which is what it is - I guess (and I am not an expert on the US) like a 401k? This will be best for tax.
The other option is they view it as investment income which will be a lot worse.
Also with Aust Super you have two classifications - Accumulation mode which is when you are contributing and Pension mode for when you are withdrawing. I have assumed they won’t worry about Accumulation mode but I don’t want to make decisions based on assumptions.
Any experience with Aust Super and how it is classified?
Superannuation isn’t used much in the UK any more. In case it’s relevant, could you clarify if your pensions are from previous employers or a mandatory government scheme, perhaps? 
In Oz we have compulsory super. So it is government legislated and you automatically have X% (8%?) taken out of your pay into your (as in properly yours, not in some pot) super account. Your employer also has to contribute each pay (12% maybe?). You can also add extra (which I really should as mine is tny 
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That doesn’t stop them dealing with pensions from countries like the UK and US where there are broadly similarly structured private personal schemes, whether or not part or wholly funded by past employers. France is only interested in withdrawals made whilst you are French resident and they will either tax it as retirement income or via the special lump sum treatment previously mentioned..Social charges will apply as mentioned. Australia is prevented from taxing your withdrawals under the tax treaty, when French resident ,again as is common with treaties such as the UK’s.
Here is a handy summary from AI
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Me again. With this form, which line do you enter the Superannuation income? As it is called pension phase I assume it goes in “Other taxable pensions of foreign source”?
I agree..1AM for regular pension (for non government services) or 1AT for the special 100 % lump sum treatment….then there is a certain amount of repetition of the figures elsewhere in the return to address the social charges treatment and on the special foreign income annexe 2047.
Thanks again George. I think I am done for now
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