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Thanks again. I will just book mark that as it states officially in black and white what I was trying to get at when I visited the impots. I will get confirmation from my bank that the pret relais was just interest and I should be able to complete the section of the tax form myself. One final thing ( a bit previous ) my first year where I can benefit from the 40% straddles two French years. This year I will only need to complete box the box VY Next tax year, l'm assuming I need to use both boxes in order to use the rest of the 12 months worth of 40% allocation box VY and then the balance at 20%. in box VX. Does that sound about right?

Thank you.The part that I am having difficulty with is that I had a prêt relais, which combined the amount owing on the house I was selling and provided the money for the house I was buying. Officially the old mortage ended and a certificate was issued to that effect when the pret relais started. I have read on a French finance site that the entire prêt relais can be included but for a 6 month period only and this would be most welcome. But as the crédit d'impots... only applies to a maison principal and the pret relais is straddling two houses, even though they both became my principal / sole residence when the one was sold, I am not confident to make a claim based on the entire pret relais amount.   I have visited the impots twice and pretty much what you posted above was explained to me ( but thank you [:)  It was just on the finer points that we ended up confusing each other.[:$] eg can I use the entire pret relais amount or only the part that I actually paid for the purchase of the new house? I am just revisiting the terms and conditions of the paprework we completed but I think that the monthly repayments we made when the Prêt relais was in operation were solely interest payments. I just want to discover how much of this monthly interest I can include.

That's a great help thanks.

We have for the past 4 years completed our own tax form in France. This year due to a change of circumstances I think we may need to pay for professional help with ( or to explain) just a small portion of our tax form re crédit d'impots des intérets d'emprunt. I have looked at a few compteur websites but I think they may be too big and expensive for our needs. Does any one know anyone I can contact by email who could help me out and isn't too expensive please? ps I have contacted my local impots and they have been helpful.