Taxe Fonciere payment period

[nephilim]

Could someone please tell me what the period is for our current (2006) taxe fonciere bill, is it for all this year (1 jan to 31 dec) or is it from October to October or is this bill for the coming year (2007)?

Reason being, we bought our house in march 2006, at the signing the notaire asked for 10/12ths of the 2005 fonciere bill to be made payable to the seller, which we did. Now, we have just received a letter from the notaire asking for another 10/12ths of the 2006 bill as it looks like it went to the previous owner and he seems to of paid it. So we paid a large amount in march of this year and now (October) are going to have to find another similar amount.

Has something got screwed up here, should we not of paid in march against a 2005 bill, hence the question about what period the bills relate to, confused, we are!!

[BJSLIV]

The period is always Janaury to December, so the bills that are currently going out refer to 2006.

I suspect that the Notaire asked you to pay 10/12ths of the 2005 bill (Not very generous of him to round up unless you bought on 1st March!) as an estimate of the 2006 bill. You have now received a demand for your share of  the actual bill , split in the same way, but someone has overlooked the fact that you are due credit for what you paid earlier in the year.

Its time to remind them!

[nephilim]

Thanks for clearing that up, strange that you don't pay for the year you are in until late in the year! Bit different in the uk, they want the money before the years begun!! Yes, I will contact the notaire about this, thanks again.