[1] He resigned from his ministership and was expelled from his party amidst the Cahuzac affair, in which he was accused and subsequently convicted of tax fraud.

He stood again for the seat in 2007 and defeated UMP candidate and former celebrity prosecutor Jean-Louis Bruguière.

Following the 2001 municipal election, Cahuzac took office as Mayor of Villeneuve-sur-Lot, a position he resigned upon his appointment as a government minister.

[3] On 2 April 2013 he admitted on his blog that he had held a secret foreign bank account for about 20 years.

Mossack Fonseca told Seychelles authorities in 3 May 2013, that they severed ties, as Cahuzac was a high risk politically exposed person; Cerman Group Limited was dissolved in January 2015.