{"id":81478,"date":"2022-08-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colivys.com\/housing-tax-in-a-shared-accommodation-how-to-be-equitable\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T14:21:03","slug":"housing-tax-shared-accommodation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colivys.com\/en\/blog\/housing-tax-shared-accommodation\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing tax in a shared accommodation : how to be equitable ?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"81478\" class=\"elementor elementor-81478 elementor-50847\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3b7254c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3b7254c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-968c589\" data-id=\"968c589\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e399858 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e399858\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Updated on May 22, 2023<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is nothing in the<\/span><b> French law<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that openly rules on the housing \/ council tax. However, tax authorities mention that a single housing \/ council tax is established for all the occupants of the accommodation. This implies that harmony has to prevails among all the roommates. But then, what is the housing tax? How to split it between roommates? What to do if one of the roommates doesn\u2019t want to pay it? Find all the answers needed in this article!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6280daa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6280daa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is housing tax and when to pay it?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b788057 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b788057\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The housing tax is a tax due, in order to benefit the local authorities where you live. Its amount changes according to several criterias such as the municipality you are living in, your personal situation, the size and the type of property you are living in. This applies to both your primary and your secondary residence. This tax is owed for every resident of the same dwelling, who joined on January 1st of the<\/span><b> taxation year<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(for example, if you have join your coliving on January 1st 2022, you will have to pay for the <\/span><\/i><b><i>yea<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>r<\/strong> 2022)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>There is only a single one housing tax per unit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57e5a4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"57e5a4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What does the law say about roommates and cohabitants?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1573c8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1573c8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you are sharing the accommodation as a roommate or a cohabitant, the housing tax is established in the name of the main occupant of the rental contract. The other(s) resident(s) will have to jointly pay the housing tax. Depending on the lease, two scenarios are worth considering:<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>If the lease is individual and specific to each<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the total amount of the housing tax is sent to each roommate. That\u2019s what we\u2019re setting up at Colivys. However, it is important to remember that roommates do not have to pay X amount of the housing tax. They must equally distribute this amount among themselves.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>If two persons live in the accommodation and the lease is made out in both names<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the housing tax is sent to one of the two. The recipient will have to pay that tax. Since the tax office do not take in charge the division between spouses\/roommates, it is up to you to divide it internally. If you would like to know more, we invite you to visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.service-public.fr\/particuliers\/vosdroits\/F42#:~:text=Si%20vous%20occupez%20%C3%A0%20plusieurs,la%20r%C3%A9partition%20entre%20les%20colocataires.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">government website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d1ea02 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d1ea02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to divide the housing tax equitably?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d03912 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d03912\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you are <\/span><b>two<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, three, four or five people in the shared apartment, the amount of the housing tax remains the same. However, the tax authority indicates that only <\/span><b>two<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> persons are officially taxable under the housing tax. For more equity within the shared apartment, we are inviting you to share the amount of the housing tax fairly. You can divide it according to the number of roommates in the coliving, or according to your resources or your length of residence in the apartment.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16118e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16118e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What happens if a roommate doesn\u2019t want to pay the housing tax?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03879f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03879f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It may happen that one of the roommates may refuse to pay the housing tax. Many scenarios can confront:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the <\/span><b>roommate in question is the only one who has been officially designated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a home tax debtor, the other roommates can settle on his behalf. They will only have to make a transfer by check\/cheque to the tax office. This works only if the amount of the housing tax is less or equal to \u20ac300. Beyond that, it will not be possible de pay by check\/cheque<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the payment is made online, the roommate in question has no way to reverse it. He will be forced to pay the housing tax. If this is not done in time, it could be increased by 10%.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the case where <\/span><b>two of the roommates are designated as debtors of the housing tax and one does not wish to pay his share<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it is up to the second person to pay the full amount requested. If a late payment is found, it is usually the first designated person who is chase up.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it\u2019s one of the<\/span><b> unnamed roommates on the housing tax<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it will have to be settled within the roommates. Legally, they are not known by the administration, and therefore, have no obligation to pay this tax. The other co-tenants can call on mediators to find a solution and share the costs involved in paying the housing tax.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7bba1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7bba1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the conditions for an exemption from the residential tax?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e203a03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e203a03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is possible for the roommates to get a reduction on the global amount of the housing tax. In order to do so, all roommates must receive a income tax reference (ITR) lower than the unassembled ceiling estimated at \u20ac27,761 for <\/span><b>the year 2021<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The ITR can be amended annually. If one of the roommates earns more than the tax threshold, every resident of the shared accommodation will have to pay the housing tax. This applies whether you are professionally active, employed or student. Please note that the housing tax is expected to be eliminated by 2023 for all households.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3398e18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3398e18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How is the Residential Tax calculated?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbb5ef5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fbb5ef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no identical housing tax. It may differ based on:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The borough and the <\/span><b>city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you are living in,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The size of your home,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The type of property (primary or secondary residence),<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re single, married, widowed,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have children or other dependants,<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your income<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14aad28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"14aad28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the shared housing tax cases of relief ?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c53d417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c53d417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are likely already aware that the housing tax will soon disappear. A reform aimed at <\/span><b>definitively <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abolishing the housing tax for 2023 is underway. To date, it has already been <\/span><b>eliminated<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for 80% of tax households. In 2022, the remaining 20% of tax households received a reduction of 65% on this tax.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b094d6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b094d6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Coliving, the solution that revolutionizes real estate<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0932555 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0932555\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The adventure in <a href=\"https:\/\/colivys.com\/en\/concept\/\">coliving<\/a> is enticing because it shakes the <\/span><b>codes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of traditional accommodation sharing up. Coliving makes you enjoy bigger spaces to share with your roommates, for a moderate rental price in the heart of large <\/span><b>cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Everything has been designed so that our colivers can share moments of conviviality together throughout their stay. Through Colivys, you will have a contact of choice to accompany you during your stay. Our teams are also at your disposal to advise you when needed.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the housing tax? How to split it between roommates? What to do if one of the roommates doesn\u2019t want to pay it? 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