ExemptionEndedWealth taxationNational

Threshold of the partial exemption for long-term leased rural property raised to €100,000 (wealth tax and transfer duties)

Article 39 of the 2009 Finance Act raises from €76,000 to €100,000 the limit up to which rural property under long-term lease and shares in agricultural land groups benefit from the exemption of three quarters of their value for the wealth tax (ISF, Article 885 H of the General Tax Code), and indexes it annually on the first income tax bracket. Article 45 of the 2008 amending finance act applies the same increase and indexation to the threshold of Article 793 bis for inheritance and gift duties, for estates opened and gifts made from 1 January 2009.

Measure originators

InitiatorLR
Philippe Marini
Les Républicains
Impact on public finances

No official estimate found for this measure.

Effective date
1 January 2009

Measure impact

Owners of rural property under long-term lease and holders of agricultural land group shares get the three-quarters exemption on a portion raised from €76,000 to €100,000, for the wealth tax from 2009 and for inheritances and gifts from 1 January 2009. The wealth tax part ended with the abolition of the wealth tax on 1 January 2018; the transfer duty threshold was later raised by other texts.

Official references

Law number: Loi n° 2008-1425 du 27/12/2008 (LF 2009), art. 39 ; loi n° 2008-1443 du 30/12/2008, art. 45
Official Journal: JORF du 28 décembre 2008

Procedure timeline

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3 / 3 steps
Completed
1 January 2009

Administrative implementation

Application

Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration

Application du nouveau seuil à l'ISF dû au 1er janvier 2009 (art. 39, II) et aux successions et donations à compter du 1er janvier 2009 (LFR 2008, art. 45, II).
Completed
30 December 2008

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Promulgation de la loi n° 2008-1443 du 30 décembre 2008 de finances rectificative pour 2008 (article 45 : volet droits de mutation), publiée au Journal officiel le 31/12/2008.
Completed
27 December 2008

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Promulgation de la loi n° 2008-1425 du 27 décembre 2008 de finances pour 2009, publiée au Journal officiel le 28/12/2008.