Local Taxes

Property tax: what level of income to be exempt or benefit from a reduction?

Publié le 24 août 2026 - Public Service / (Prime Minister)

Property tax notices on built properties are sent to you as of August 24. If you own or are a usufructuary of a dwelling, you generally have to pay this local tax. There are cases of exemption and reduction; they are linked in particular to your age and the amount of your financial resources.

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The availability date of your property tax notice, in paper and/or online format, is based on your choice to be monthly or not; and the deadline for payment of this local tax depends on your method of payment.

Please note

You can find the deadline for the availability of your property tax notice and the deadline for payment, depending on your situation, on the Public Service website.

There are several situations that allow you to be completely exempt from this tax, or to benefit from a reduction.

Thus, you are totally exempt from property tax on built properties if you are the holder of:

You are also exempt from property tax in 2026:

  • if you were over 75 years of age on 1er January 2026, and that your 2025 reference tax income does not exceed a certain ceiling (this ceiling depends on the composition of your household);
  • if you hold the allowance for adults with disabilities, and that your 2025 reference tax income does not exceed a certain ceiling (this ceiling depends on the composition of your household).

The reference tax income ceilings not to be exceeded in these two situations in order to benefit from the exemption are as follows:

Tableau - The reference tax income ceilings not to be exceeded to be exempt from the property tax on built properties (ceilings in metropolitan France)

Number of tax shares (based on your family situation and the composition of your household)

The 2025 reference tax income amount not to be exceeded

1

€12,793

1.25

€14,501

1.5

€16,209

1.75

€17,917

2

€19,625

2.25

€21,333

2.5

€23,041

2.75

€24,749

3

€26,457

Surcharge for subsequent additional quarters

€3,416

Increase for subsequent additional half-shares

€1,708

Your 2025 reference tax income can be found on 1re page of your 2026 income tax notice.

Warning  

These ceilings concern metropolitan France. You can find the ceilings applied within the overseas departments and regions on the Public Service fact sheet ‘Property tax on developed property (TFPB)’.

A reduction of 100 € granted to some people

You benefit from a €100 reduction in your property tax if you meet these 2 conditions:

  • you had over 65 years and under 75 years at 1er January 2026 ;
  • your 2025 reference tax income does not exceed a certain ceiling, which depends on the composition of your household (these are the same reference tax income ceilings as those used for the property tax exemption).

Please note

You can find all possible cases of exemption and reduction on the practical sheet of Public Service devoted to the property tax on built properties.

For example, a temporary property tax exemption is granted, in certain municipalities and under certain conditions, for a former dwelling that has been the subject of energy saving works.

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