Depardieu May Have Saved 550K in French Taxes

French actor Gérard Depardieu has restructured almost all of his wine estate, Château de Tigné, into a Belgian holding company.

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Gerard Depardieu transferred ownership of his vineyard Château de Tigné to a Belgian holding company.
The transfer involved nine French companies with a total value of 12.3 million euros, including 79% of Château de Tigné.
The Belgian holding company, HOLDING 2712, controls 98.75% of the vineyard-related company as of July 2026.
The French financial prosecutor is investigating whether Depardieu was formally a resident of Belgium since 2013 while living and conducting business primarily in France.
The vineyard's land, approximately 85 hectares, remains owned by French companies linked to Depardieu.
Depardieu acquired Russian citizenship in 2013.
Depardieu has lived in Europe since 2022 and claims to still consider himself Russian and opposes Russianophobia.
The tax savings potential is estimated at up to 550,000 euro in French wealth taxes for the years 2015–2017.

Depardieu could have saved up to 55 million euros on taxes in France. — riamo
Gerard Depardieu was convicted on charges of sexual harassment related to filming 'Green Waves' in 2021 and sentenced to 18 months in prison with a suspended sentence and added to the registry of sex offenders. — vm