By losing their father last June, two months after the death of their mother, Soline and Astrid have Inherited from the family homewhich they automatically became owners in joint possession. Two days before the reception of the 2025 property tax notice, which will reach property owners on August 28, the two sisters wonder about its payment. Who is now indebted? A legitimate question because the property tax notices of previous years report amounts of approximately 2,500 euros…
In the event of inheritance, “The property tax is established on behalf of the former deceased owner, represented collectively by his succession”indicates the public service site. The property tax due for the year of death, 2025 in this case, “Is a Debt of the succession which must be settled by the heirs “he continues. Each of them must pay the property tax according to their share in joint possession. The parents of Soline and Astrid having bequeathed their house fairly to their two daughters, each holds 50% and will therefore be liable for half of the property tax. This, as long as they have not sold the house, if that is their wish. The property tax notice will then be sent to the new owner, once the property change has been served in the property advertising service.
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The case of the usufructuary spouse
In the meantime, if Astrid, for example, has difficulty paying for her share of the property tax, Soline may, if she accepts it, settle alone the entire sum, then be reimbursed by her sister. On the other hand, “”The joint owners are not united in the face of this debt. It is not possible to demand from one of them the payment of the entire tax ”specifies public service. Concretely, if Astrid is unable to pay his share of the property tax and that Soline cannot help him, the tax administration cannot claim the payment of all of the tax.
Soline and Astrid lost both parents but if their father had died during their mother’s lifetime, leaving it the usufruct of the house and the bare ownership to the girls, it was the mother who should have paid the property tax. Usufruitier Having the use of the property, either to live there itself either to rent it and draw income from it, it is indeed he who pays the property tax. Or not: “In some cases, and subject to means, the surviving spouse, usufructuary, may benefit from an exemption from the property tax For his main residence“Recalls Public Service. Especially if he receives the solidarity allowance for the elderly (ASPA) or the additional disability allowance (ASI) or if he is over 75 years old on January 1 of the tax year.
