When you buy a new-build property or carry out works, you pay VAT on the price — generally 20%. If your letting activity is itself subject to VAT (through para-hôtellerie or a dedicated structure), you can deduct that input VAT<\/b> from the VAT you charge on your rental income, and claim the balance back from the Trésor public (the French public treasury). This is the standard VAT deduction mechanism, applied to a rental investment.<\/p>

Worth remembering:<\/b> without an activity subject to VAT (para-hôtellerie or equivalent), no VAT is reclaimable on your purchase or your works. That is the precondition for everything else.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t