This is a much better article on this topic, providing some important additional facts: http://m.leparisien.fr/paris-75004/nouvelles-taxes-sur-les-residences-se

This is a much better article on this topic, providing some important additional facts: http://m.leparisien.fr/paris-75004/nouvelles-taxes-sur-les-residences-secondaires-et-les-logements-vacants-a-paris-13-06-2016-5880311.php http://m.leparisien.fr/paris-75004/nouvelles-taxes-sur-les-r... Using google translate: "For an apartment located on Saint-Louis Island, one of the most speculative sectors in France, the average amount is € 142 per year." The current vacation home surtax is 20%, so this means the base tax must be €710, so new total for a vacation home would be €1420. Seems like a bargain to what we pay in LA.