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Some 80% of main home households will have zero to pay on this year’s taxe d’habitation bill, which will be sent out in autumn based on having a French home available to live in on January

1, 2020. This is means-based and those who benefit will have seen progressive reductions in the previous two years. You can check your eligibility by putting in your revenu fiscal de

référence (net annual income) from your last income tax statement at IMPOTS.GOUV.FR/PORTAIL/NODE/13130. A table of means ceilings is also here: TINYURL.COM/Y5UFHXG2 – for example, €27,706

for a single person to benefit fully, or €44,124 for a couple. Those with means just over the limits will pay a small amount of tax on a sliding scale. The tax is set to be lowered for the

remaining 20% of payers next year and then abolished for all main homes from 2022. If you are not due to pay anything this year but are still paying regular direct debit monthly instalments,

rather than wait for a refund, you can stop these now in your personal account at IMPOTS.GOUV.FR at _Gérer mes contrats de prélèvement_. Find your taxe d’habitation contract, click

_Modifier ou arrêter vos prélèvements_, and then _Moduler vos prélèvements mensuels_. Indicate only the annual amount of the TV licence fee, €138, and no new regular instalment amount. On

the smartphone app impots.gouv, you click _Paiements_ > choose the contract > _Je modifie mon contrat_ > _Modifier le montant des mensualités_. You can also do this by contacting

your _Centre de Prélèvement Service_ by email or telephone.