€100 property tax relief opened to low-income owners from age 65
Article 47 of the 2002 Finance Act amends Article 1391 B of the General Tax Code. The automatic relief from property tax on the main home, reserved for non-taxable owners within the income ceiling of Article 1417, is opened from age 65 instead of 70, and its amount rises from 500 francs (€76) to €100, from the 2002 tax assessments.
Measure originators
A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.
Measure impact
Concerns owner-occupiers aged 65 and over on modest incomes: about 860,000 people according to the National Assembly general rapporteur and the budget minister, as cited by the Senate. The cost is put at slightly more than €50 million.
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Procedure timeline
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Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
National Assembly has the final say
Si échec CMP
Joint committee
Désaccord éventuel
Debate and vote
Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)