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Thousands of property owners in France sent ‘empty home tax’ bills in error
The bills, payable this December, can run to thousands of euros
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More owners will pay French empty home tax in December 2024
The criteria for charging the taxe sur les logements vacants (TLV) were extended last year
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French second-home tax errors: How to know if overpaid and what to do
Amount of taxe d’habitation wrongly collected is said to have doubled last year. Refund requests can be made
Tax-free, but not for all
President Macron recently told members of the public that “no one is going to be paying taxe d’habitation any more” – but did he really mean no one?

It appears not. A spokeswoman for the Economy Ministry said the removal of the tax still concerns only main homes and not second homes.
She added that plans to axe it for the 20% of better-off homes are subject to changes that may follow the Grand Débat consultations.
Other households should benefit this year from 65% off bills (after 30% last year), then no tax at all to pay in 2020 and onwards.