Tourist tax reform: new national scale from €0.20 to €4 per night depending on accommodation rating
The 2015 Finance Act rewrote the tourist tax and flat-rate tourist tax regime. It set a new national scale by accommodation category, with minimum and maximum rates per person per night: €0.65 to €4 for palaces, €0.65 to €3 for 5-star establishments, down to €0.20-€0.75 for unrated accommodation and €0.20 for 1- and 2-star campsites. The limits are indexed each year on forecast inflation. Municipal councils can no longer exempt a category of accommodation. Detailed rules were set by Decree No 2015-970 of 31 July 2015.
Measure originators
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Measure impact
Tourists staying in municipalities that levy the tax, and accommodation providers that collect it. The highest ceiling rises to €4 per night for palaces. In 2014 the tourist tax raised €253m (€185m for municipalities, €68m for inter-municipal bodies) according to the Senate; the yield of the reform was not estimated.
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Procedure timeline
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Publication in Official Journal
Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
National Assembly has the final say
Si échec CMP
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)
Council of Ministers
Validation interne