For them property ownersthe property tax opinion is in good place among the joyfuls of the start of the school year. It will be available in your personal space on the tax site from this Thursday, August 28, if you are not monthly for the payment of this tax, which has flambé almost 33% in 10 years. However, some taxpayers are exemptbecause of their age, a handicap, their level of income, or because they buy new housing. Manon Bellin, lawyer in Neora’s office, adds another case, “Unknown” According to her: the realization of energy savings In the accommodation, whether it is a main residence or a second home and you are the occupant or lessor owner.
“Some local communities temporarily exempt from property tax.we read indeed on the site of the National Habitat Agency (Anah). An exemption that applies during three years and which can be 100% or 50%according to the goodwill of the town where the good is located. “There is not yet a complete official list of municipalities that offer this exemption”underlines the site “My Réno aid”, which depends on France Rénov ‘, the public service of aid for the energy renovation of housing. “More than 500 municipalities have set up this exemption for old housing ”specifies Manon Bellin.
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A specific list of work
“My reno aids” provides a tool to know if the municipality where your accommodation is located grants such an exemption. This is the case in Paris, where the exemption from property tax is total (see infographic), as in Roubaix, Lens or Libourne. In Nantes, Reims or Caen, the exemption is limited to 50%. Manon Bellin cites the case of an old apartment located in Paris, whose owner paiE 5,000 euros in property tax Each year. In April 2025, he carried out energy savings in this accommodation. Consequently, during the next three years (2026, 2027, 2028), he will no longer pay a property tax, a total saving of 15,000 euros.
Please note, the work opening up to this exemption from property tax meet a specific specifications. “The eligible devices and works are the same as for Maprimerenov ‘ for renovation by gesture »specifies Sonergia, a company specializing in energy efficiency. This is for example the installation of an air-water-water heat pump, a thermodynamic water heater, insulation of the attic floor or walls, from the inside or from the outside. “Eligible devices are generally heating and/or high -performance hot water production equipment, while the work accepted concern theThermal insulation of the building ”, summarizes Sonergia. As in the case of Maprimerenov ‘, the main public aid for the energy renovation of housing, the realization of this work must be entrusted to a company with the label Rge (recognized guarantor of the environment).
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A period of 90 days after the end of the work
In addition, the accommodation must have been Built before January 1, 1989 and a minimum amount of energy renovation work must be initiated, 10,000 euros over one year or 15,000 euros over three years. “These sums correspond to the amounts of TTC (all taxes included) and do not include the cost of the workforce”completes Sonergia. Finally, to benefit from this exemption from property tax, you must request it from the tax department of the place where your property is, Before January 1 of the first year under which the exemption is applicable, before January 1, 2026 in the case of our Parisian owner.
In this declaration, on free paper, you must indicate the date of completion of the construction of your property and join the evidence of the nature of the work undertaken, of the invested amounts, the date of payment and the name of the company which carried out them. Once this file has been formed, you must send it to the tax department within 90 days of the end of the work.
