Carole Branchereau, second vice-president of the Champagne Boischauts community of communes and president of the tourism commission, led, Tuesday, November 5, 2024 at the Roger-Stoësel room in Vatan, the public meeting devoted to the implementation of the tourism tax. stay on the territory of the community.
Twenty-five of the thirty municipalities of the CDC are concerned
This tax will be effective from 1is January 2025. It concerns fifty-three owners of furnished accommodation and gîtes, twenty-eight of guest rooms, three hotels, four chalets, and a caravan, twenty-five of the thirty municipalities that make up the community of municipalities are concerned .
The scales are regulated, the tax varies depending on the classification of the establishments, the amount will be collected and declared by the accommodation providers, who will pay it monthly to the community of municipalities, via the Déclaloc electronic declaration platform which will centralize the declarations. Its proceeds, coming exclusively to the intercommunity, will be allocated and used solely for tourism-related actions, excluding the Champs d'Amour tourist office, which operates as an association.
As part of the developments, the following are planned: the strengthening of signage for places of tourist interest, the development of rest areas and parking lots, the collection of household waste, hiking routes and circuits and the preservation of natural spaces, in order to strengthen and develop the tourist offer in the region.
From €0.20 to €1.10 per night and per adult
The first part of this meeting was used to inform the accommodation providers, few of whom had traveled, on the terms of this tourist tax, and reminders concerning the legislation applying to their activity. “In recent years, we have seen the emergence of a multitude of furnished accommodations offered to tourists, develops Carole Branchereau. As a reminder, they must be registered at the town hall and be registered with INSEE to obtain a Siret register number, and provide tourists with basic services necessary for their comfort. »
Currently, the tourist offer consists, among the accommodations listed in the Champagne Boischauts community of communes, of: four four-star accommodations, two three-star accommodations, two one-star accommodations, twenty-eight guest rooms, and a campsite , as well as seventy unclassified accommodations, or awaiting classification, including private rooms, and three hotels, for a total accommodation capacity of 458 beds. The tourist tax for them varies from €0.20 to €1.10, per night and per adult person. The calculation is automatic on the Déclaloc platform.
Community of communes Champagne Boischauts, 24, rue de la République in Vatan. Contact: tel. 02.54.49.77.07 or [email protected]
Electronic declaration and tax increase
Hosts must communicate their host email address to their municipality or the community of municipalities. An account activation link will be sent, which must be activated. To make the monthly declaration for a direct rental, you will have to go through the site taxesejour.fr
In the absence of online declaration, after two reminders, the taxation will automatically be carried out at the highest rate, i.e. €1.40 which will be multiplied by the average rental stays in the territory, i.e. 150 nights at €1.40 = €210.
