nectarine Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 We were granted a PdeC to build a garage but, after getting several estimates and with a plummeting pound, decided not to proceed. Since then the local tax office has sent us several letters asking after the progress and we have replied that we haven't started. We also had a visit from a Cadastral chap who wanted to check if we had built it but we explained the positoin and off he went.We've now had another letter asking us about the works and I've replied in the usual way. Their response was "well what is the approximate date for the END of the works?". I replied that we hadn't started, and were unlikely to start. Got another letter, demanding an end date, so I went to our mayor's secretary who wrote and said that we hadn't - and were unlikely - to start.Today, another leter, highlighted in yellow, all in capitals, asking for the end date.Now I could easily put something like 2012 as the end date but I don't want to commit in writing something that might later be held against me, some tax official coming up in three years' time to tax us on a building we don't have.Has anybody had a similar situation, or could they give me some advice. I don't really know how to make things clearer than I already have done, but they are insistent on a date! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Go and see whoever is writing the letters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJSLIV Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 The easisest thing to do would be to write withdrawing your request for the permis. It will in any event expire 2 years after the date you were notified that it had been granted, unless some work has started. So unless you are planning on making a token start you might as well withdraw your application.If you are worried that a subsequent request might be refused you could make a start and as long as something is done each year there is no limit on how long you have to complete the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Firstly don't worry! You have done nothing wrong. The tax office are just trying to keep tabs on development so they can update the records for taxe fonciere etc. The letters are churned out automatically.Just send a copy of the letter back again, with the same notes as before to the effect that you haven't done the workIf you can get the Mairie to do it again for you do so.Don't waste time trotting off to the hotel des impots - life's too short Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nectarine Posted July 27, 2009 Author Share Posted July 27, 2009 thanks for all comments. I don't want to withdraw the PdeC in case the pound/euro situation changes/we win the lottery/discover a suitcase full of stolen gold buried in our garden, etc. .... so I want to keep it open in case we get the funds.There's no name on the post-it note, someone who is clearly very naffed off with my letters has written in large capital, and highlighted in yellow, with red underlining (quite decorative really !) "veuillez preiser date approximative fin des travaux .. DATE ???". Yes, there are three question marks, someone was at the end of their tether when they slapped this post it note on.So I have to give a date - even the mayor's secretary shook her head and wrote on official stationery that the project was delayed due to funds and they would be informed if/when we started, but it was unlikely. I could go and see someone but cannot trace the author of the post-it notes. Guess if I go to the Impots office and look for some red-faced bureaucrat quivering with rage at some minor administrative error then I may be on the right track ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 [quote user="Polly"]Don't waste time trotting off to the hotel des impots - life's too short[/quote]Don't agree with the face to face approach then Pollly? Trouble I have with that is that it actually works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 [quote user="Benjamin"][quote user="Polly"]Don't waste time trotting off to the hotel des impots - life's too short[/quote]Don't agree with the face to face approach then Pollly? Trouble I have with that is that it actually works![/quote]No, I didn't say that... I simply said life's too short to waste time! If I went to our Impots it would take me a whole half day, and as the OP has done nothing wrong and explained the situation perfectly well (with proff from the Mairie) I wouldn't waste the timeI'd phone up, probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanS Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 On the original question. We had a similar thing - we got bills for Tax. First I wrote and requested an extension because work had not commenced & then because of the falling pound & the rising costs, we decided to abandon the project before works started. After several letters, and a visit to the Tax office, I think it's worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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