britoninbretagne Posted March 15, 2011 Share Posted March 15, 2011 Hi there. Has anyone had a letter recently from the 'Impots' about TV licences in Chambres D'hotes? Do you have to pay for tv's that are maybe in use for 2/3 months of the year? What about alarm/radios? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britoninbretagne Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Anybody out there?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham & Brenda Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Can't help specifically with CDs but if you have equipment capable of receiving TV whether it is a maison principal or secondaire then you have to pay, along with your tax habitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Have a look here:http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1/2164982/ShowPost.aspx#2164982RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britoninbretagne Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 thanks for link. Went to tax office- b and b is in our primary residence and therefore covered by our single licence. Yippee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babbles Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 good to hear, so it doesn't matter how many TV's you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Yes it does I'm afraid. If you're gites or b & b you have to pay for each tv you have for guest use. We had a lady from the impots call on us a couple of years ago and wanted to fine us because we hadn't declared the tvs in the gites. As we didn't know anything about it she said if we wrote her a letter in french begging forgivness she might let us off. We did and she did thank god as it was quite a big fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 20, 2011 Share Posted March 20, 2011 Sounds like a different situation, britaininbretagne is a b&b IN their main residence, your gites are attached to your main residence but separate from..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brier Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 [quote user="Brian"]Yes it does I'm afraid. If you're gites or b & b you have to pay for each tv you have for guest use. We had a lady from the impots call on us a couple of years ago and wanted to fine us because we hadn't declared the tvs in the gites. As we didn't know anything about it she said if we wrote her a letter in french begging forgivness she might let us off. We did and she did thank god as it was quite a big fine.[/quote]We had the same experience 2 years ago. However, we did not have a visit but the letter we received named all of our gites and which ones contained TVs. We can only assume that they found out via our website. No fine because we had only just installed them. You only need a licence for TVs you own on January 1st of the relevant year.Anyway, we also do B&B in our main residence and we queried whether this was covered by our own TV license. The answer from the regional tax office (not our local one who didn't have a clue) was that "it depends". If guests have a separate entrance then you need additional licences. If they come in via your own front door then your licence will cover it.Makes no sense to me but that's not unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/2423362/ShowPost.aspxLook at this post, don't know if it applies to you or not re the tv licence.If you have a tv or tv receiver then you pay in France. You don't have to be there to watch it, or even watch it if you are, but one pays up anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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