chickledupickle Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 We bought a house last July in Ariege and paid the solicitors the proportion of the tax fonciere from the date of us buying the house until the end of the year for them to reimburse the seller. I'd assumed we would get a bill for 2013 at some point, but haven't received anything yet. We have a neighbour checking our post box in France also. The house is unfurnished and uninhabited currently so I assume tax d'habitation isn't yet payable until we move hopefully in July. However, I don't want to 'assume' anything, don't want to incur any late charges and have no knowledge of any of the systems, so was just wondering if someone could tell me when bills are usually received and any advice on how to sort it out if it seems something is wrong![8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EuroTrash Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 The bills for 2013 won't be sent out until the last quarter of the year. This is because, for residents, any reductions they may be entitled to are calculated as per their 2012 income, which is not declared until May 2013 - so the tax office can't send out the habitation / fonciere bills until they have worked the income tax out. However, because the bills are sent out towards the end of the year, they have to be paid in full, within about a month of receipt. If you want to arrange monthly payments for 2014, you will have to set this up before the end of 2013 and start paying in Jan 2014. If the previous people were paying taxe d'habitation, and unless you have officially claimed that the house is uninhabitable, the chances are you will have to pay it as from 1 Jan. Normally this tax is only waived if the house is in an uninhabitable condition, as opposed to just uninhabited because the owner happens to be living somewhere else. Also, normally the maire would want to come round and check for himself that it was uninhabitable/empty on 1st Jan before he would agree to let you off the tax. Taxe fonciere is always payable whatever state the property is in.Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickledupickle Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 This is really helpful yes thanks, I can stop worrying now! The house is definitely uninhabitable at the moment! But hopefully we will be moving/doing it up in the very near future so I'm not gonna try and claim back a few months. We will be ready to make the payment in the Autumn then.Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Just beware, what you call uninhabitable and what is classed as uninhabitable in France, may not be the same thing. In my old village, one family with a boat load of kids lived in a house with mud floors and no bathroom. For me their property as not inhabitable, but in fact it was inhabited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickledupickle Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Thanks for the warning, but as I mentioned, its not really an issue now I realise we don't get invoiced until the autumn, by then we will have been living over there for a while anyway (hopefully!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BJSLIV Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 If the place is completely unfurnished at 1st January then there is nothing to pay for the whole year as far at the Taxe d'hab is concerned. No exemption for the Fonciere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pommier Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 I think it varies from area to area. For a house we once owned we had to get a certificate from the Mairie to state that it was not just empty but uninhabitable to get exoneration from TdH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 If you are coming to live over here don't forget to make a tax declaration, as this can decide whether or not you pay tax d'habitation among other things.The system here is that you declare the previous year's income around May and pay any due tax in October/November about the same time as you pay the local taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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