can we contest the payment of this local tax (and how)?

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From this Monday, November 4, 2024, housing tax notices are sent to certain taxpayers. Not the best news, this means that those who still have to pay it will go to the checkout.

But it is possible to assert certain rights to contest this local tax, which may have been increased this year in certain municipalities, between 5 and 60%, as detailed in this article. We'll explain how to do it.

Who still has to pay housing tax in 2024?

Although it has been removed for all main residences since January 1, 2023, certain owners must still pay this local tax. This concerns the owners of:

• second homes
• furnished premises (and its outbuildings) not allocated to the main residence
• vacant housing

What are the dates for paying this housing tax?

Council tax notices are not all sent at the same time, as it depends on your situation, whether or not you receive monthly payments or have opted to receive the notice online or by post.

Taxpayers who receive the online notice:

• It is made available from Monday November 4, 2024, in the “Individual” area on the tax website, for non-monthly taxpayers.
• From Monday November 18, for monthly taxpayers.

For taxpayers who receive the notice by mail:

• This will be sent between November 6 and 18, 2024, for non-monthly taxpayers.
• Between November 21 and 28, 2024, for monthly taxpayers.

Et to pay the housing taxhere too, we must remember a few dates:

• If you are on a monthly basis, you pay a little bit each month.
• If you are not paid monthly, you must pay it in full by the end of the year, namely: before December 15, 2024if you do not pay it online, but via other payment methods available (check, transfer, cash, etc.); until the end of December 2024 if you pay it online.

Can I challenge my housing tax, and how?

So yes, you can contest your housing tax, and submit a claim to your public finance center or online if you believe you are being taxed wrongly, but be careful: “Filing a claim does not exempt you from paying the tax,” reminds the tax authorities.

Please note that you can always request a payment deferral if necessary, by contacting your tax center.

And you have to respect a deadline to make this claim. She “must intervene before December 31 of the year which follows that of the tax recovery indicated on the tax notice”, recalls service-public.fr.

Also a possible exemption

Finally, note that you can also be exempt from housing tax if you had to pay it, but you left your main residence “to enter a specialized reception establishment (retirement home or long-term care center) », Specifies the Ministry of the Economy.

Or, in rural revitalization zones (ZRR), municipalities can exempt guest rooms and premises classified as “furnished tourist accommodation”.

To benefit from this exemption, you must complete declaration No. 1205-GD and send the form to your public finance center. Here too, “no later than December 31 of the year for which the exemption is applicable”.

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