Nickndrachael Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 Having purchased a new build house last year, we were under the impression that we would be exempt from tax fonciere for 2 years.Having now received a large tax fonciere bill that we weren't expecting can anyone clarify what the rules are? It appears that we have been exempted from the district and regional part of the tax fonciere bill but not the communal part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 The commune can decide not to grant the exemption for any new builds in their area, in which case you are only exempted from the higher level charges. Its nothing personal you just built in the wrong place! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted October 12, 2005 Share Posted October 12, 2005 For a new build there is usually a hefty bill from one of the taxe things. We weren't told about it either and I nearly had a fit when it arrived we were living on such a tight budget at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickndrachael Posted October 13, 2005 Author Share Posted October 13, 2005 The OH spoke to the local tax office and apparently we are in one of the rare communes which doesn't apply the exemption. Fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 And what about the other big 'sort of one off' local tax bills that come in that first year and maybe a year later. Will you be getting that too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted October 13, 2005 Share Posted October 13, 2005 And what about the other big 'sort of one off' local tax bills ? The dreaded Taxes Locale D'Equipement, Espaces Vertes .......etc etc ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 Chaps and ChapessesPlease expand on these 'other taxes' - I thought there was only the TH and TFPaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 They are for new builds and I think it has been mentioned when properties have been completely renovated, bills such as these get sent out to, an archive search may show that in case I have misremembered. We have only ever done a new build and that is what I know about. A bill arrives and it is a big bill and quite unexpected in our case. If I had asked the notaire and the builder and the bank EXACTLY what I had to budget for once, I had asked a hundred times and never a mention of this. They are sort of one off payments though. I think we had one soon after we moved in and another a year or so later and that was that. A long time ago for us, but I am pretty sure it is more or less the same these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie Posted October 14, 2005 Share Posted October 14, 2005 We did a new build starting 2 years ago and got a whopping and totally unexpected tax bill - in the region of £4000! Why does no one warn you about this when you think you've asked all the relevant questions?? We were able to pay it in 2 stages, 12 months apart, but it didn't make it any easier to find the money, when at the time we were still trying to finance the remainder of the build. I'm relieved to hear this is a one off - I was dreading one of these arriving regularly, and ending up having to sell the house just to pay the tax bill! We have had a bill for tax fonciere this year, but we were only billed for the rubbish collection so it wasn't too bad. Marie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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