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A retired friend who lives nearby is a UK OAP but lives in France. In 2015 he sold a house in the UK which he had owned for more than twenty, but less than thirty, years. Will he have to put the gain on his French tax return, pay the CSG and then claim it back?

[quote user="Polly"]Araucaria, I have just had the formal receipt from my own Mairie for one of the forms. [/quote] Aaah Polly that is interesting, and is what I was curious to find out about. I wonder if you will have any complications following that. In fact I took my form into the Marie today and after some umming and ahing they gave me the formal receipt but on the understanding that I would bring in my classification when it had gone through. I was able to show them the forms filled in and ready to go to the prefecture. It was clear that they do want the notification of classification but being a small commune they know where I live and can chase me up.     

Well it is all getting more and more complicated isn't it. First of all I must stress that "I know nussing", however common sense tells me that they would not make it compulsory to receive a favourable tax treament. It is up to us gite owners to decide if the effort of complying with the regulations is worth the 71% abatement or whether life is too short and just pay the 50% . On the other hand it does still seem to me that in order to sign the registration with the Mairie, without lying through your teeth, one has to get classified by the prefecture. Has anyone done it?

Polly, Russethouse under section C of the form is a box for your signature. In this box it says - a rough translation - "the undersigned declares that the gite is in conformity with articles D.324-1 onwards of the Code du Tourisme". These articles say that the form has to be accompanied by an official classification of the gite. I'd be interested to hear if anyone has registered an unclassified gite :-)

The form that this thread is about, ie the form that is used for the compulsory registration of gite / holiday rentals with the mairie, that Clair has warned us about in the first post at the top of this thread.

The " Declaration en Marie des Meubles de Tourism" requires a signature declaring that amongst other things the property has been inspected. Who is one supposed to contact for that do you know? I have let a farm house adjacent to our house for the first time this summer. I want to conform with all the rules but I am only letting for three months, and some of that time is to my family so they are not paying. I am resident in France and retired ,so I dont need to start a business unless I have to. I would be very grateful if someone could point me in the easiest direction of being legal. Thanks