How can renovations on french second home reduce capital gains tax?
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REDUCTIONS RELATED TO LENGTH OF OWNERSHIP START AFTER FIVE YEARS Reader Question: We are planning to sell our second home but have not owned it long enough to avoid capital gains tax on it.
Can we add renovation projects to the purchase price to reduce the tax we pay? As a reminder, properties in France that are not main residences incur capital gains tax (CGT) and/or social
charges when sold, if a gain has been made, and unless they have been owned for at least 30 years. The rate of the tax includes 19% income tax and 17.2% social charges (or 7.5% social
charges for those unaffiliated to French healthcare, covered by a UK or EU social security system). For gains of more than €50,000, a 'supplemental tax' of 2-6% is also added on
top, depending on the size of the gain. The taxable gain is gradually reduced to zero by allowances for length of ownership, over 22 years for income tax and over 30 years for the social
charges. Nothing is payable after 30 years. Read more: Capital gains tax when selling property in France The tax is charged on the difference between purchase price and sales price, minus
the allowances for length of ownership. However, it is also possible to augment the ‘purchase’ price by including the cost of certain work done to the property, to minimise the tax paid.
“Expenses incurred by the seller for construction, reconstruction, extension or improvement work… since the completion of the building or its acquisition, if later, when they have not
already been taken into account for income tax purposes and are not rental expenses,” states Article 150 VB of the French Tax Code. “Improvement” must be such as to add a new comfort or
amenity, not merely superficial maintenance or repair. Examples include adding a lift, air conditioning or insulation. This comes with another major caveat however, in that it is only work
“carried out by a business” that can be included. This means you are required to have proof showing the work was carried out by a professional (ie. original invoices for the work) rather
than DIY. Bank statements showing the payments are also often required. The rules also state that in cases where the labour is carried out by a professional but the materials are purchased
separately by the homeowner, it is only the cost of the labour that can be included in the tax calculation. Certain other additions to the purchase price can include costs of connecting a
property to roads and utilities. Alternatively, owners can, as a general rule, add to the purchase price a fixed 15% to allow for renovations once they have owned the property for five or
more years. For example, for a property that cost €200,000, an additional €30,000 can be added on in the calculation (to make a total of €230,000). Read more: Is Capital Gains Tax levied on
land in France? Hi Liv, could you check pls and add this in - I believe it is correct. thanks, S---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Peter King <[email protected]>Date: Sat, 22
Feb 2025 at 09:18Subject: Feedback on SQNLTo: <[email protected]>Just a quick comment regarding Capital Gains Tax on second homes. It is necessary to be able to prove you
used an artisan or company to carry out the work, so must be able to show the original invoice and not copies. Further and most important, you must be able to show you paid the bill by
having copies of your Bank account on paper. After 15 or 20 years, this last can be a real problem as most people won’t be able to get copies from their Bank.Peter.
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