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CGT (Plus Value) and Furniture etc


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I have received the Plus Value calculation from the notaire.

All the furniture was included in the total price and the Compromis indicates a value attributed to the furniture and to the property respectively.

However, the official Plus Value document does not make this distinction or separation, it simply shows the total sale price with no mention of furniture.

This obviously leads to CGT being payable on the attributed value of the furniture.

Is it permissible under the French Plus Value system to deduct the value of the furniture from the total sale price?

N.B. We did not buy the furniture with the property. We bought and added all the furniture.

Is it also permissible to include the cost of all the diagnostiques eg DPE, termite survey etc in preparation for the sale, as a legitimate off-settable expense, as this too has not been taken into consideration.

I would also appreciate direction to any official French reference or website that explains the above. I have been unable to find one.
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As far as I am aware if the furniture etc. Is included in the price then there is no deduction for its cost. The separate listing of furniture allows the purchaser to pay lower costs of acquisition.

In the third of the links below one of the drop down boxes allows you to input the costs of diagnostiques

http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/F10864.xhtml#N10164

http://www.pap.fr/argent/calculettes/calcul-plus-value-immobiliere

http://www.leparticulier.fr/jcms/c_35797/simulateur-de-calcul-de-plus-value-immobiliere

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[quote user="Anton Redman"]As far as I am aware if the furniture etc. Is included in the price then there is no deduction for its cost. The separate listing of furniture allows the purchaser to pay lower costs of acquisition.

In the third of the links below one of the drop down boxes allows you to input the costs of diagnostiques

http://vosdroits.service-public.fr/F10864.xhtml#N10164

http://www.pap.fr/argent/calculettes/calcul-plus-value-immobiliere

http://www.leparticulier.fr/jcms/c_35797/simulateur-de-calcul-de-plus-value-immobiliere[/quote]

Thanks for your reply and for the useful references.
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[quote user="Anton Redman"]As far as I am aware if the furniture etc. Is included in the price then there is no deduction for its cost. The separate listing of furniture allows the purchaser to pay lower costs of acquisition. [/quote]

Am I reading this right?

I buy a house for 100 and for expedience pay an additional 2 for contents.

Over the years I replace the cheap old contents with some swanky up to date ones spending 10 in the process.

If I then want to sell all for 110, I pay capital gains tax on 8?

If this is the case I would be daft surely.  Dont I just sell the house for 100 and have a seperate but unrelated deal for 10 for the contents?

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