Dinah

But simple, I hope.  How do I declare my income from letting out my property in France?  My main home is in the UK and I am a UK tax payer.  I understand that if I declare my French income in France it will be free of tax up to 15,000 euros.  Is this right? Also,  I have heard that when I pay any cleaners etc it can be useful to use a special chequebook where I can record details to keep urssaf happy.  Any info on this?

We've just heard that officialdom is getting interested in the letting of properties in our village.  What do we need to do to conform with all the regulations?  We too tried to interest the local Tourist Office, and the Mairie, with the fact that we would occasionally be letting out our property for holidays, but they weren't at all interested; certainly, nobody mentioned a taxe du sejour, even though we live in quite a touristy village.  We both live mainly in the UK and are UK tax payers.  How do we go about declaring our French income in France?