Following an error by the tax authorities, many taxpayers who have recently moved are currently wrongly receiving a council tax notice by email. Here is the procedure to follow to avoid being unfairly charged.

Following an error by the tax authorities, many taxpayers who have recently moved are currently wrongly receiving a council tax notice by email. Here is the procedure to follow to avoid being unfairly charged.

If you have recently moved, you may have received a housing tax notice in your mailbox, even though you are not the owner of a second home. The least we can say is that you didn’t see it coming! Rest assured, this is neither a phishing attempt nor an error on your part, but quite simply an unfortunate confusion on the part of the General Directorate of Public Finances. On X (formerly Twitter), the DGFiP indicates that“it is possible that you have wrongly received a council tax notice, our services having two known addresses concerning you”. An incident which has caused great confusion, especially since the payment deadline is December 15. So, what is the procedure to follow to avoid being charged anyway?

Housing tax error: remember to report yourself!

The error of Public Finances is, to say the least, disturbing for users. Indeed, since January 1, 2023, the housing tax has been abolished for all taxpayers on their main residence. From now on, only those with a second home or vacant premises still have to pay it. However, some have received notifications for a second home, even though they do not have one in their online tax space. The DGFiP explains that the erroneous notices are due to the presence of two addresses in its databases. “It is possible that information on your residence is missing or inaccurate and that you wrongly receive the tax notice when ‘this accommodation is your main residence’ or that ‘you moved from this accommodation before 1^er January 2023′”, states the email. The number of people affected by this confusion is unknown.

Public Finance wants to be reassuring, promising to exempt the people concerned. However, they must report from their personal space on impots.gouv.fr or on 0 809 401 401, otherwise they will indeed have to pay the tax. However, numerous worried messages continue to appear on social networks, with people reporting having not yet received a response from the organization. Don’t panic, the average response time from the DGFiP is five working days, so everything should soon be back to normal.

We strongly encourage you to check your notifications and emails carefully to avoid any confusion. For non-monthly taxpayers, tax notices are already available online and will be available from November 20 for others. Paper notices will be received between November 8 and 20 for people not paying monthly, and between November 22 and 29 for others. In any case, you will have until December 15 to pay this tax.