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The 2025 finance bill arrives with its share of changes. After the abolition of the housing tax for main residences, the idea of a new local tax resurfaces. The government, in its quest for massive savings, is examining options that would impact both landlords and tenants. Let's see what this could mean for you.
Savings that shake households
The 2025 budget is ambitious: the government plans 40 billion euros in savings. Many sectors are shaken, whether employees, retirees or even households benefiting from social assistance. Owners, too, are experiencing a significant impact with this 2025 budget.
The government has put forward a series of measurements to achieve its savings objectives, but this plan worries local communities. Since the elimination of the housing tax for main residences, many elected officials have warned of a significant shortfall.
THE financial resources of municipalities are limited, and some mayors are asking for a new tax lever. This context has revived the debate around a local tax that would include tenants, an idea that could shake up the current tax landscape.
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The mayor of Meaux, Jean-François Copé, is proposing a new tax which would apply to everyone, with the exception of low-income households. This new tax would be designed to compensate for the loss of municipal incomewhile restoring a certain tax fairness between owners and tenants.
Tenants and owners in the same boat
Why are tenants affected by this proposal? During the elimination of the housing taxowners continued to contribute to local revenues through property taxes, while tenants no longer participated.
However, as local elected officials explain, tenants and owners benefit from the same public services (schools, transport, infrastructure). Thus, a “residence tax” could allow everyone to contribute to the financing of these services.
Catherine Vautrin, Minister of Partnership with the Territories, supports this idea of tax fairness. But let it be clear: the minister is opposed to the return of the housing tax for main residences. For her, it is a solution which would harmonize everyone's participation in the expenses of the city or village, regardless of their occupation status.
What impact for owners in 2025?
If this “residence tax” is adopted, it could represent a hard blow for households. On the one hand, owners could see their charges increase even though they are already paying property tax. On the other hand, tenants would be obliged to contribute to a new tax.
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Local elected officials must meet at the beginning of next year to debate this proposal and its possible impact on community finances. This consultation should make it possible to assess the acceptability of the residence tax. This will also make it possible to identify measures to protect the poorest households.
In short, the introduction of this tax would represent a new era for local taxation. Tenants and owners alike would participate in financing public services. For the moment, the project remains under discussion, and the conclusions of the parliamentary debates will tell us more.
