The property tax of the city of Ploërmel, Morbihan, will increase in 2025 to cover an increase in municipal expenses. The inhabitants inform their dissatisfaction with this measure. © Kévin Comte – The property tax will increase in this Breton city. Save save Receive the alerts of property tax This increase did not go unnoticed in this Breton city. In Ploërmel, Morbihan, local taxes will increase by 8% in 2025, after a vote of elected officials from the municipality, reports the Ploërmelais. The selected rates are 46.63% for the property tax on built properties, 66.05% on non -built properties and 16.51% for the housing tax on second homes and vacant premises. Highlight, the fourth since 2021, has not been well received by the inhabitants. Questioned by the newspaper, Christophe Launay, at the head of an opposition list, stresses that this placed the city “on the podium of departmental rates”, and that this “is not very glorious” for the image and financial health of Ploërmel. For his part, the mayor Patrick Le Diffon, who had committed to not increasing the taxes, replied that “everything has a cost”. Read also: Property tax 2025: The owners of balconies and terraces will pay more, here are how much expenses for the municipality “We are not completely excessive in view of the services we offer. (…) Our ambition is different, ”also said the elected official. It justifies the increase by unforeseen increases linked to the consequences of the Cavid-19 epidemic or to the war in Ukraine which exploded the energy prices. The property tax, which has increased by 33 % in the past ten years, should again be the subject of an overall increase in 2025. This increase is automatic and linked to the evolution of the cadastral base which will increase by 1.7 % this year, much more than inflation. To see the property tax decrease, it is necessary that the municipalities drop their rates. Some cities like Cannes, for example, have announced that they will submit to it, but it will likely be an exception. Receive our latest news every week your appointment with real estate news. (tagstotranslate) Fonci tax u00e8re
