French citizens abroad will not be exempted from the housing tax

<h2>French nationals living abroad will not be affected by Emmanuel Macron's reform of the taxe d'habitation&amp;period;<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;<p>The Ministry of the Economy and Finance confirmed this in a reply to a written question from French Senator Robert del Picchia &amp;lpar;Les Républicains&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;senat&period;fr&sol;questions&sol;base&sol;2017&sol;qseq171101814&period;html">published in the Senate Official Journal on January 4&amp;period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h2>The reform&amp;comma; enacted by the 2018 Finance Act<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;<p>The reform&amp;comma; enacted by the <strong>finance law 2018<&sol;strong>&amp;period; Provides for the gradual abolition of the tax by 2020 for around 80&amp;percnt; of taxpayers&amp;period; From this year&amp;comma; eligible households will benefit from a reduction on their main residence of 30 &amp;percnt;&amp;period; Then 65 &amp;percnt; in 2019 and 100&amp;percnt; in 2020&amp;period; Eligible households are those below a certain threshold of reference tax income &amp;lpar;27&amp;period;000 euros for a single person without children&amp;period; 43&amp;period;000 euros for a couple without children&amp;period; 49&amp;period;000 euros for a couple with one child&amp;rpar;&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>In his question, Senator del Picchia pointed out that some French citizens living abroad still had an &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>residence in France as a link with their country<&sol;em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&amp;period; Because it's considered a second home&amp;period; They &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>are not eligible for this exemption, even if their worldwide revenues are below the announced thresholds.<&sol;em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&amp;period; And to point out that the property income of French nationals outside France is already &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>subject to the general social contribution &amp;lpar;CSG-CRDS&amp;rpar;<&sol;em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&amp;period; Who will experience an increase&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<h2>La taxe d'habitation&amp;comma; how to avoid it<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;<p>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>The taxe d'habitation is established in the name of persons who have&amp;comma; in any capacity whatsoever&amp;period; The disposal or enjoyment of furnished premises allocated to housing<&sol;em>The ministry replied&amp;period; <em>People who are not domiciled in France for tax purposes, but who have one or more dwellings there, are liable for the tax.<&sol;em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&amp;period; <strong>It does however specify that French taxpayers abroad can benefit from &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>basic relief<&sol;em>"if their family resides &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>permanent in the dwelling located in France<&sol;em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&amp;period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p>Hélène Conway-Mouret&amp;comma; PS senator for the French abroad and former minister for the French abroad under François Hollande&amp;comma; regrets this decision, which she sees as an &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>additional sanction<&sol;em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&amp;period; &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>We constantly meet French people who say that they are going to sell what they have in France because the taxes are too high<&sol;em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;&amp;comma; explains the woman who in 2015 signed a report to facilitate the return of French expatriates&amp;period; &amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<em>It cuts the physical link with the country&amp;period; It's not a compulsory link&amp;period; Sometimes&amp;comma; it's the result of an inheritance&amp;period; Families are happy to go back if they return to France&amp;period; It's an essential element&amp;period; When you're forced to sell your property&amp;comma; returning is twice as difficult&amp;period;<&sol;em>&amp;OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;