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Good morning, Vinicius,
I'm Brazilian and I've been living in France since October 24, 2020 (in my case, I understand that it can be considered a permanent or temporary departure, as I had a work contract to stay in France, but I didn't know if I would stay for a long time or not).
I haven't yet done the Declaration of Final Departure or the Certificate of Final Departure. I've read that the final exit certificate isn't compulsory, and as I've missed the deadline I'm thinking of just doing the DSDP. In that case, should I :
- Do the DSDP with a retroactive date? (I understand that I can put a non-resident date of October 24, 2020 or October 24, 2021, depending on whether I'm considering permanent or temporary departure)
- I declared the taxes for all the months of 2020, if I became a non-resident on October 24, 2020, could I not have declared the months of November and December 2020?
- If I put the non-resident date as October 24, 2020, will I be exempt from taxes for 2021 (tax year 2022)? And if I put non-resident as October 24, 2021, will I be exempt from taxes for 2021 (tax year 2022)?
What would you advise me to do?
Thank you very much
Vinicius Tersi is a lawyer, specializing in International Tax Law.