Tourist tax - called Taxe de Séjour (TdS) in France - is a general local tax. It is levied by the relevant municipality to a person who is not registered in the municipality and who resides there paying a fee. The idea is that the TdS finances facilities in the municipality beneficiary to tourists.

In France, there is a legal obligation to charge Taxe de Séjour (hereinafter: TdS) to all tenants aged 18 and older, to declare and pay it to the municipality where your villa is located. This applies not only to the weeks that you let via VillaSud, but also for the weeks via any other platform or agency or privately letted.

The method of collection, declaration and remittance of the TdS is laid down by law: “Le vacancier doit payer la taxe de séjour au professionnel qui assure le service de réservation par internet pour le compte du propriétaire”.

This means that every rental agency, including VillaSud, has to not only collect the TdS, but also declare all bookings made via its platform. In addition to the declaration, the rental agency also has to pay the TdS to the municipality.

If you wish, you can read this on the Service Public page of the French government; in French or in English. For additional information, please refer to the Guide Practique Taxes de Séjour. There you will find a summary of this information about the TdS.

Also in 2023 VillaSud will collect, declare and pay the TdS for all your bookings via VillaSud. This applies to both privately owned and corporate owned property.

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What do I do?

  • Most important; Do NOT pay Taxe de Séjour for your VillaSud bookings
  • VillaSud will always pay your Taxe de Sejour for you.
  • Is VillaSud your only agent? In that case you do not have to do a thing. All is taken care of for you. A nice advantage of working with VillaSud
  • Do you have other private bookings besides via VillaSud? In that case you have to collect, declare and pay the TdS yourself
  • Do you have bookings from another agent? They will need to do the same as VillaSud

In case you are declaring yourself you can do so on-line via the webpage of your commune or the Communauté des Communes that you commune belongs to.

We have an overview of towns and villages belonging to which Communauté des Communes.

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What is it that VillaSud declares? 

We declare;

  • either your name and address 
  • or your registration number 
  • we do so semi annually
  • once for the period January until and including June
  • once for July until and including December
  • the number of adults x the number of nights of all your bookings during the relevant period

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How much is the Taxe de Séjour (TdS)

This differs per commune. What do your clients pay? 

  • The amount set by the Communauté des Communes where your property is located
  • It matters wether or not your villa is classified
  • If not your clients will pay a much higher TdS fee.

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Useful addresses

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Back to mainpage; Rentals & Taxes 

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Disclaimer 

We recommend that you file your French tax returns on time and that you pay the taxes due on time. Given the complexity of the French administration and tax returns, it is wise to have an expert accountancy firm assist you with this. VillaSud strives to always offer correct and up-to-date information on this website.

Although this information has been compiled with the greatest possible care, VillaSud does not guarantee the completeness, correctness or topicality of the information. The legal information on the website is of a general nature and cannot be considered a substitute for legal advice. Please let us know if you find any errors or ambiguities! Then we can correct it as soon as possible.