Unregistered gites

[Frogslegs]

Found an excellent article for owners who do not know exactly what is involved
http://www.totalfrance.com/france/fiches.php?fiche_id=1

bonne chance

[Miki]

[quote]Found an excellent article for owners who do not know exactly what is involved http://www.totalfrance.com/france/fiches.php?fiche_id=1 bonne chance[/quote]

France can be a most frustrating place in which to run a small business. Rules and regulations change from one day to the next, often without any warning, and vary from one department to another. An extremely common occurrence is to be told one thing by one government body, and to be completely contradicted by another.

The author of this piece, Susan Thomson, was shrewd enough to start with those words of wisdom.

Many chambre de commerce all over France will view Gîtes and B&B's very differently to each other. Some will tell you there is no need to register gîtes and you only need to inform your Mairie and of course the Hotel des Impôts. Others will insist you inscrire your business with them. For those with more than four gîtes, it is often translated by the C de Com as a business same as with 6 B&B rooms (not 7 as it will then be classed as an hotel type commerce). Those with less can be viewed as  non business as far as registering with the C de Com.

As she wisely says, every region will see it differently and anyone concerned about their legality should pop along to their C de Com or perhaps better still for an unbiased opinion, a professional advisor.

 

 

[Will]

Although there is a lot of good advice in the article, in her attempt to paint with a broad brush the author fails to cover quite a lot of relevant points, particularly where B&B etc is concerned. The fact sheet is aimed primarily at shopkeepers and similar enterprises (which seems to be what she does). There is certainly no national legal requirement for a B&B to be registered per se, though registration is, as Miki says, sometimes required on a local basis. However, if the B&B or gites provides your primary income then it does, in most cases, need to be registered as a business in France.

[Dave&Olive]

we will all find out the truth on tuesday when Nigel opens his b&b

             Dave

[Miki]

Perhaps Admin would like to invite Nigel to join the forum ? so that he can offer us his vast wealth of experience here in France.

Not sure about his mate with the moped though, is he back again ? and what about Nippy ? with those 3 on the forum offering help & assistance, we will be laughing

 

 

[Ron Avery]

More drama where the english do not know the planning laws (but have managed to find a builder and a plumber), they want to open for the high season (but have not started work until July 2),......... French artisans walking off site (and going on holiday in August).  Rows with the neighbours (because they dug up their yard to put in a drain)....... Wow can't wait

but wait ....  Isn't the producer's name the same as Nigel's????  Could they be the SAME person, any similarity is purely coincindental as is any similarity to real life in France

[Quillan]

[quote]Perhaps Admin would like to invite Nigel to join the forum ? so that he can offer us his vast wealth of experience here in France. Not sure about his mate with the moped though, is he back again ? a...[/quote]

Don't suppose Nigel would consider starting a school to teach English rugby players how to kick a ball?

Sorry couldn't resist it, smack on wrist, will now return to the corner and put funny hat on.