An annual tax on real estate assets designated as the real estate wealth tax is instituted.
The following are subject to this tax, when the value of their assets mentioned in article 965 exceeds €1,300,000:
1° Individuals whose tax domicile is in France, in respect of their assets mentioned in the same article 965 located in France or outside France.
However, the individuals mentioned in the first paragraph of this 1° who have not been domiciled for tax purposes in France for the five calendar years preceding the year in which they become domiciled for tax purposes in France are only taxable on the assets mentioned in 2°.
This provision applies in respect of each year during which the taxpayer retains his or her tax domicile in France, until 31 December of the fifth year following that during which the tax domicile was established in France;
2° Individuals who do not have their tax domicile in France, in respect of the property and real estate rights mentioned in 1° of Article 965 located in France and the units or shares of companies or organisations mentioned in 2° of the same article 965, up to the fraction of their value representing these same properties and real estate rights.
Except in the cases provided for in a and b of 4 of article 6, married couples are subject to joint taxation.
Partners bound by a civil solidarity pact defined in article 515-1 of the civil code and people living in a notorious cohabitation are subject to joint taxation.
The conditions for tax liability are assessed on 1st January of each year.