Practical guide: how to get a refund from EF quickly and efficiently

Femme consultant des documents administratifs sur un bureau en bois pour obtenir un remboursement EF

You have booked an EF language stay and an unforeseen event forces you to cancel. The refund from EF depends on specific deadlines, documents to provide, and clauses that can sometimes be difficult to decipher in the general terms and conditions. This guide gives you the concrete steps to recover your money, including a lead often … Read more

Why consider a donation before age 61? Tax and estate benefits to know

Un père et sa fille adulte examinent ensemble des documents de donation notariale dans un bureau familial

The donation before the age of 61 is based on a specific tax mechanism: the usufruct scale. The younger the donor is at the time of the act, the lower the value of the bare ownership transferred is in the eyes of the tax administration, and thus the less the donation rights weigh on the beneficiary. This scale, set by article … Read more

How far to plant a tree from your house to avoid problems?

Homme plantant un jeune arbre à bonne distance de la maison dans un jardin résidentiel

Planting a tree in your garden raises a technical question that many homeowners discover too late: the distance from the house. French civil law imposes setback rules based on the height of the tree, but these legal thresholds only cover part of the issue. The interactions between roots, … Read more