The Local France https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed EXPLAINED: Should you do a joint or single tax declaration in France? Tax declaration season is now open and if you are in a couple, you might need to do a joint tax declaration - here's how this works. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250514/explained-joint-or-single-tax-declarations-in-france Wed, 14 May 2025 15:49:51 +0200 explained-joint-or-single-tax-declarations-in-france Man, 57, told to leave parents' home after ironing row A 57-year-old man who lives with his parents has been ordered to leave, after hitting his elderly mother for not ironing his shirts fast enough. “A sentence worse than prison,” was his reaction. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160819/man-57-told-to-leave-parents-home-after-ironing-row Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:17:58 +0200 man-57-told-to-leave-parents-home-after-ironing-row Anger as families sent tax bills for Paris terror attack victims Families still struggling with grief and trying to come to terms with the November 13th terror attack that left 130 dead have had to deal with some extra pain after they were sent tax bills for their dead loved ones. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160511/paris-terror-attacks-anger-as-families-get-tax-bills-for-paris-terror-victims Wed, 11 May 2016 13:20:56 +0200 paris-terror-attacks-anger-as-families-get-tax-bills-for-paris-terror-victims Family 'held for a year in squalid flat' French authorities on Wednesday opened an investigation into the shocking case of a mother and her four children who appear to have been kept locked up for at least a year in squalid conditions in their council flat. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130109/family-held-for-a-year-in-squalid-flat Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:45:05 +0100 family-held-for-a-year-in-squalid-flat