Work out your 2018 taxe d'habitation bill in France

Do you want to know how much you could have to pay in taxe d'habitation this year?

The government has set up a simulator that will allow householders to calculate their taxe d'habitation payments on the levy which will be abolished for 80% of properties in France by 2020.

This year around 80% of households will benefit from an initial one-third reduction, leading to two-thirds in 2019 and full exemption in 2020. This does not apply to second homes.

You can log on to the simulator here.

Once you are on the page, you will need to input the amount of taxe d'habitation you paid in 2017, your revenu fiscal de référence number - which you can find on your most recent income tax form - and the number of people living in the residence - that figure, for tax purposes, is also clearly marked on your most recent income tax form.

The Ministry of Finance said that the results of the simulator offer an idea of the amount of tax to be paid. Taxe d'habitation bills, calculated on the basis of 2017 revenues, will be sent out in the autumn.

By 2020, childless couples with an after-tax income of less than €43,000 a year will be exempt from taxe d'habitation within three years, the government has said. Couples who have one child and a post-tax income of less than €49,000 will also be exempted from the tax, with exemptions scaled up for families with more children. A single person whose income is under €27,000 after tax will also no longer have to pay.