Read the article: Furnished tourist rentals in 2026: the Le Meur law, micro-BIC allowances and VATReal estate
Furnished tourist rentals in 2026: the Le Meur law, micro-BIC allowances and VAT
The Le Meur law has cut the micro-BIC allowances and ceilings for furnished tourist rentals. In 2026: 30 percent and 15,000 euros for an unclassified property, 50 percent and 77,700 euros for a classified one. We cover the regime, micro versus real, resale and VAT.
Read the article: Selling your premises: the property or the SCI sharesReal estate
Selling your premises: the property or the SCI shares
Selling the building held in the SCI or selling the company's shares: two routes, two tax regimes, two levels of duties. The comparison to decide before the sale.
Read the article: Moving real estate out of your company into an SCI: the costReal estate
Moving real estate out of your company into an SCI: the cost
Pulling a building off the balance sheet of an operating company to place it in an SCI has a real cost: professional capital gain, transfer duties, VAT, refinancing. Worked case study.
Read the article: Life annuity sale and annuity income: 2026 taxationReal estate
Life annuity sale and annuity income: 2026 taxation
Lump sum, life annuity, capital gain, transfer duties, wealth tax: how the seller and buyer of a French viager are taxed in 2026, with the taxable annuity fraction by age.
Read the article: Contributing your premises to an SCI: does the 151 octies deferral apply?Real estate
Contributing your premises to an SCI: does the 151 octies deferral apply?
The 151 octies deferral applies to the contribution of a whole business, not the isolated transfer of premises to a wealth SCI. What the text really covers and how to hold your premises without a trap.
Read the article: Real-estate loan interest: what is deductible in 2026Real estate
Real-estate loan interest: what is deductible in 2026
Interest, arrangement fees, guarantee costs: what is deducted from rents depending on whether you are taxed on property income, through an SCI at corporate tax or under the micro regime, and how the property deficit works in 2026.
Read the article: Real-estate joint ownership: division, taxation and exit in 2026Real estate
Real-estate joint ownership: division, taxation and exit in 2026
Who decides, who pays tax, how to exit: management rules by majority or unanimity, the 2.5% division duty, and ways out of a real-estate joint ownership.
Read the article: SCI clauses and shareholders' agreements: approval, pre-emption, reciprocityReal estate
SCI clauses and shareholders' agreements: approval, pre-emption, reciprocity
Approval, pre-emption, reciprocity, inalienability: how to frame an SCI partner's entry and exit, in the articles or a shareholders' agreement, and where each clause belongs. The 2026 picture.
Read the article: Property deficit and energy renovation: the 21,400 euro capReal estate
Property deficit and energy renovation: the 21,400 euro cap
For works that take a dwelling out of energy-sieve status, the property deficit offset cap rises to 21,400 euros. Conditions, EPC class jump, a worked calculation and watch points.
Read the article: Wealth tax and split ownership: who pays, what exemptions in 2026Real estate
Wealth tax and split ownership: who pays, what exemptions in 2026
For the real-estate wealth tax, the usufructuary in principle declares the split asset at full value and the bare owner nothing. Certain legal situations split the tax under the article 669 scale. The full 2026 picture.
Read the article: Professional furnished landlord (LMP): thresholds and contributions 2026Real estate
Professional furnished landlord (LMP): thresholds and contributions 2026
You become an LMP by operation of law as soon as furnished receipts exceed 23,000 euros and the household's other earned income. The major consequence: self-employed social contributions instead of the 18.6% levies on furnished income. The 2026 picture, with the trade-offs and the social cost costed.
Read the article: Quasi-usufruct over SCI cash: the restitution claimReal estate
Quasi-usufruct over SCI cash: the restitution claim
After the sale of a split asset, quasi-usufruct over the price lets the usufructuary steer the cash and creates a restitution claim for the bare owner. Mechanics, the article 669 scale and the article 774 bis trap since 2024.
Read the article: Accounting for an SCI at corporate tax: obligations, balance sheet, checklist 2026Real estate
Accounting for an SCI at corporate tax: obligations, balance sheet, checklist 2026
Accrual accounting, depreciation of the building, the 2065 tax return, corporate tax at 15% then 25%, approval of the accounts: the checklist of accounting obligations for an SCI at corporate tax, and how it differs from an SCI at income tax.
Read the article: Loan and SCI: the tax leverage to buy your premisesReal estate
Loan and SCI: the tax leverage to buy your premises
Buying your premises on credit through an SCI lets you deduct interest, self-finance the asset through rents and amplify returns. A year-by-year calculation of leverage under income tax and corporate tax, and the exit trade-off.
Read the article: Mixed SCI for housing and business premises: tax precautionsReal estate
Mixed SCI for housing and business premises: tax precautions
Holding residential and business premises in one SCI multiplies the tax regimes: VAT allocation, an income-tax versus corporate-tax choice, and the furnished-rental trap that can switch the whole SCI to corporate tax. The concrete precautions to take.