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- Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:54 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Classification 'meuble' for British resident taxpayer?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1754
It was my post after all Oasis ! So, my issue was APART FROM the taxes you (re)state, what OTHER CONSIDERATIONS might a British taxpayer consider when assessing the value of the classification. I receive a very modest sum from the rental, and under certain situations, I would be entitled to be untax...
- Fri Apr 09, 2021 5:27 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Classification 'meuble' for British resident taxpayer?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1754
You should be first and foremost declaring the income on your property to the French tax authorities. As a non-French resident, any income you earn outside of France is not their concern. Should you be then liable for French tax, you declare this on your Uk tax form. Any difference is then either c...
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:59 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
My point was to challenge the status quo, in unfair circumstances, not to confirm it on a conformist basis. There was a little helpful advice within the post, by one poster, but in general the posters were very pro-status-quo.. allbeit while being quite thorough or terse in various cases. So that's ...
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:19 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
Not quite. They just don't give a discount for second homes. Also richer residents, who don't qualify for any reduction, pay the full whack, just like you. Who said I was rich? My total worldwide earnings last year were 8k euros and this year 12k euros. So I'm normally below taxable income threshol...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 10:55 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
and that is exactly my situation in Nice...the flat is rented - or would be rented - half the year, and we would live in Nice the other half... ...before Brexit and before Covid... The main difference is French towns charge extra for the taxes for second homes, while in the Uk they (used to) discoun...
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:01 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
As you say, Anno, the taxes d'habitation issue is linked to second home owners...but as established above the only foreigners not to pay it would have to register it as their main home, which for UK (and Australian) nationals would be very problematic now, but still feasible if you were clearly inte...
- Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:28 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
- Fri Mar 26, 2021 3:42 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:10 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
...so there's a link in an earlier post above intimating a reduction, but the following post is one example among many of how high the rates may go for second homes...
https://www.blacktowerfm.com/news/566-e ... -to-france
https://www.blacktowerfm.com/news/566-e ... -to-france
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 1:05 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
Putting the comments together here, one of the two main governmental charges is the local one, and this level is set by the City of Nice. Currently much of this charge has been phased out for MAIN home owners, but not for second home owners. So second home owners currently pay perhaps a third more t...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 9:33 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
Thanks Anno. You have crystallised the situation in Nice better than I did.. the current situation is that foreign owners are heavily penalised as few places elsewhere are. Plus they push for occupancy, but prevent people arriving to occupy! Our only consolation is we rent marketed through a Swiss c...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:33 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
If you're not using the property you're also not contributing to the local economy, shopping in the local shops, eating in local restaurants etc etc. That's always been my understanding on why local taxes can be higher on second homes. Having housing empty is bad for the locality itself. It's an ap...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:25 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:12 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
...and to the issue of EU law, this 'law' is hardly ever applied consistently or wholly...so for example there are the golden visa loopholes in many countries, other countries are non Shengen currently (Cyprus, Croatia) , while even before Covid many of the largest EU countries routinely found alleg...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:04 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4878
the proposals were for reciprocal rights of free movement, (eliminated early on by the EU rather than the UK) and also a working party and appeal/petition directly to each French City jurisdiction to provide specific terms for visiting second homes - also reciprocal. As far as I know, around 10,000 ...