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- Sun Feb 26, 2023 1:50 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Taxe d'Habitation being Charged on Gite
- Replies: 2
- Views: 593
Re: Taxe d'Habitation being Charged on Gite
Ooh it's no fun getting an unexpected tax demand. It's certainly worth asking for a refund, theoretically there's nothing to lose! But... I found this official documentation which concurs (mostly) with what your tax advisor says, even though the space you rent is not a résidence secondaire : https:/...
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 4:26 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4886
Circé (and anyone else interested), I haven't found anything at all online that says additional taxe d'habitation can be charged to non-resident owners, only that it can be levied on second homes. As far as I can see any surcharge applies to second home owners whether they live elsewhere in France, ...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 11:01 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4886
The city problem I suppose is that there is a massive oversupply of property off season, and under-supply in season. No, I think the difficulty for such places is not having enough housing available for permanent residents who need/want to live there all year round - which is a different thing from...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 8:38 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4886
Interesting to hear that some cities charge non-resident owners more, it's not the case in my town (which is small, not on the Med and does not have the same pull! :-)) - I wasn't sure that was possible. And as far as I know these local taxes are set by the city/town so rules can vary. I found this ...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:18 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Do Covid restrictions mean I have a case to withhold taxes?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4886
Hello Chrishax, Circé's post is helpful. If we are indeed talking about the taxe d'habitation and taxe foncière, then the tax has nothing to do with whether you actually use the property, it simply applies because you own it (foncière) and/or have the right to live in it (habitation) whether or not ...
- Fri Jul 27, 2018 7:30 pm
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Guests whose unannounced friends join them
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15887
Hello again everyone. Oh dear, I never intended to make people cross or offend anyone. For the record, if it needed clarifying, I am not at all in favour of guests cheating, lying, getting discounts on false bases (I understand that part of the problem but mustn't have made it clear), mistreating or...
- Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:06 am
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Guests whose unannounced friends join them
- Replies: 43
- Views: 15887
- Mon Jun 13, 2016 4:42 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Is it usual not to supply guest towels in France....?
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5936
I've just booked a nice big house for the family for a week in July: sheets and towels not included except as an extra. Yes it's still normal over here, although I notice more places are beginning to include them. Of course we won't be flying so taking sheets isn't a problem. This house is booked di...
- Wed Jul 08, 2015 6:40 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Who advertises with Gîtes de France?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5471
It's an association formed post-war to try and boost rural areas: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%AEtes_de_France As a user who started out actually BUYING GdF paper guides, I agree that the websites took ages to catch up, and may not have done so yet... also each département does communication i...
- Mon Jun 22, 2015 9:46 am
- Forum: OTAs: Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking, Tripadvisor, etc.
- Topic: Attracting the French
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1265
Speaking as a serial holiday rental user with my French family, I think one main difference is that UK accommodation prices will almost always look high to the French - although the gap seems to be closing. Even if the difference is explained by a more all-inclusive price, and nicer furnishings etc,...
- Thu May 28, 2015 9:12 am
- Forum: Managing your guests
- Topic: Theft
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6671
- Tue May 12, 2015 10:21 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Grumpy french man :)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6817
- Sun May 10, 2015 9:01 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Grumpy french man :)
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6817
From my French/English family's point of view, not having a filter coffee machine would seem very odd - we have never stayed anywhere in France that didn't have one. They aren't very expensive, and don't have to live on the worktop. And the only place we've ever encountered what the Brits call a caf...
- Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:50 am
- Forum: France
- Topic: Tout Compris
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3997
- Sun Feb 15, 2015 7:41 pm
- Forum: France
- Topic: Help needed with taking bookings from the darling Frenchies
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3255
Just bear in mind that culturally, paying the full rental amount 2 months ahead is not the norm for the French: although some Gites de France contracts may require payment of the balance 30 days before the start of the rental, it's still quite normal in many cases, including direct rentals, to pay t...