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Covid and Brexit rules meant many non-residents were not physically in France on January 1 but remain liable to pay
Reader question: We rent a house in France. Our main residence is in England. We received a bill for the taxe d’habitation for 2021 but were only able to be there for 90 days over the year due to Covid travel restrictions and Brexit rules – and we were not there on January 1. Do we still have to pay?
Yes, unfortunately the bill is still payable. The taxe d’habitation is paid by those who are registered with the tax authorities on January 1 each year as the users of the property.
These bills are due for the whole year, even if the property is only used for part of the year. No exceptions have been made for the Covid travel restrictions.
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