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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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

you seem weirdly angry Circe, that I picked up from the lack of appreciation for all the other aspects of my answer on other questions....please dont be a total troll.

If it's their main home, not directly, but they would need to be citizens to be resident !!!!

...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

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...

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...

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...

the proposals were for reciprocal rights of free movement, (eliminated early on by the EU rather than the UK) Really? I thought it was the UK that rejected free movement and as a result couldn't stay in the single market, etc. As I recall the Brexit rallying cry was to "take back control of ou...

...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...

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 ...