Taxe d'Habitation

it will catch up with you

maria0301 said:

Hi Bev or anyone who can answer this...we have lived here since 4th January and have not paid any tax d'habitation yet. I have heard people have received their new bills but we have not and wondered if we wont get one till next November. I'm sure someone will know the answer so thanks in advance...

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We have owned a second home in France for 3 years and have paid Fonciere since then but no other taxes. We got home last week to find a rather large tax demand for the Habitation for 2009. We took the decision not to ask to many questions in case a retrospective demand was made.

It would seem that we got 2 years "free" as a new build (2007 and 2008), from reading done in the past week. An acquaintance who has had a house also for 3 years has not yet had a bill and we wonder if there is a difference between areas in how quickly they catch up with you.