Find out how you can benefit from an exemption from housing tax (or at least) a reduction in it: here are the criteria to meet.
Housing tax soars in 2024
Payment notices of the housing tax have already started to fall at the beginning of November. Shipments will continue throughout this month.
For 2024, this local tax has soared in many municipalities, with a increase between 5 and 60%. 1 461 communes have in fact chosen to increase their housing tax on second homes in 2024.
Housing tax: those taxpayers who are entitled to an exemption or reduction in local tax
Like the property tax, some owners may be exempt from this local tax.
This is the case of those who have “ left their main residence to enter a specialized reception establishment (long-term care center: retirement home)», underlines the website of the Ministry of the Economy.
“In rural revitalization areas, municipalities can exempt guest rooms and premises classified as “furnished tourist accommodation” from paying this tax.”
To be entitled to it, recommends the site economie.gouv.fr, “ you must complete a declaration No. 1205-GD and send the form to your public finance center no later than December 31 of the year for which the exemption is applicable ».
You can also “ be exempt from housing tax on second homes for your old home. “, we can read there.
If you return from expatriation, you are also eligible for an exemption from THRS on the accommodation which constituted your main residence before your departure.
But to do this, you must provide proof of“call to leave your area of residence or a collective return operation linked to a crisis”.This means that your return to France is not voluntary. To benefit from it, you must submit a request for relief.
If ever, “you contest the validity of your tax“, please note that it is possible to make a complaint. But in this case, deadlines must be respected.
“The deadline ends on December 31, 2025 for the housing tax collected in 2024“, illustrates the official website of the public administration.
However, “this does not exempt you from paying tax, but you can ask to defer payment,” warns the Public Service website.
“If there is no response within 6 months or if the response does not satisfy you, you can go to court.”
If you are not paid monthly, you are required to pay the tax before December 15, 2024, regardless of the payment method chosen.
