alnmike Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 HiI've just received my Foncieres advice, and the 'base' is double what it was previously. so the monthly debit we have been paying (by DD for the last 5 years) now has 2 huge payments on it for November and December.Any thoughts on why it has increased so much?Also - we sold our house in July, I believe we are liable for the full year - please could someone confirm?Many thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 You are liable for the whole year of taxe d'habitation , but the Foncieres are usually sorted out pro-rata by the Notaire between the two parties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted September 21, 2009 Share Posted September 21, 2009 Have you by any chance finished a renovation project and reported the fact to the tax authorities? When our major renovation work was basically complete and we filled in the H1 form, we had a 2 year period of grace and then our taxe fonciere doubled. For us that was last year, not this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 As you know, the local taxes are based on a notional rental value. There have been revaluations going on over the past year or two, the valuers tend to do this by just viewing the exterior (or even, if rumour can be believed, from aerial photographs). As a result many properties which were seriously under-valued in the past have now been brought into line with the rest of us who were paying more realistic taxes.Hope this helps answer the question, though it may not be the answer you wanted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alnmike Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 Many thanks all. I emailed the office (google translation is a wonderful thing) and it appears it is because we had some renovations done - which we haven't. We got planning permission but only had a Velux put in. I've explained this to them and await there response! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoneySuckleDreams Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 KathyF2 yrs grace????? our TF increased 300% immediately :(our joint TH/TF went from 400€ to €1700. It's one of those costs you don't factor in to your renovation budget. 50k to renovate and an extra 1300€ a year in tax until you die. Doesn't seem fair to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyF Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Crazyfrog, we filled in the form H1 in October 2006 and our taxe fonciere didn't go up to reflect this until 2008. In our case it doubled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judie Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 There has been no standard increase as far as I can see - ours went up from 676 to 708 this year, just about the same proportional increase as previous years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Ours Td'H has gone up by a very acceptable €33 this year [:D]Don't know about the TF yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoddy Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Our TF has gone up by E20 this year - not too bad.Hoddy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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