What do the Marais, straddling the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris, Cannes, Le Gosier in Guadeloupe, Beauvais, Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Cholet and Arras have in common? All these cities are part of the top 25 for real estate wealth tax. Not in number of taxpayers but in average tax!
175980 homes have paid the real estate wealth tax, or IFI, the successor to the ISF, refocused on real estate properties only since 2018. You are subject to the IFI if your real estate assets exceed 1.3 million euros. On average, last year, the 175,980 richest owners in France paid 11,100 euros in IFI.
Real estate wealth tax: 2 increases and 2 decreases for the successor to the ISF
But where do these rich owners pay the most? In which cities and towns is the average IFI paid the highest? Here is the top 25 drawn up by MoneyVox based on 2023 statistics from the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP).
| Municipality (department) | Number of IFI debtors | Average IFI per taxpayer |
|---|---|---|
| Le Gosier (Guadeloupe) | 62 | 21178 |
| Paris 7e | 4524 | 18651 |
| Arras (Pas-de-Calais) | 53 | 16585 |
| Paris 6e | 2980 | 16243 |
| Beauvais (Oise) | 65 | 15403 |
| Paris 1er | 613 | 14875 |
| Brive | 67 | 14857 |
| Mandelieu-la-Napoule (Alpes-Maritimes) | 145 | 14833 |
| Paris 16e | 9974 | 14427 |
| Paris 8e | 2401 | 14372 |
| Neuilly-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) | 3968 | 14233 |
| Paris 4e | 976 | 14029 |
| Cannes (06) | 758 | 13680 |
| Fort-de-France (Martinique) | 51 | 13369 |
| Sainte-Genevive-des-Bois (Essonne) | 51 | 13328 |
| Compigne (Oise) | 133 | 13146 |
| Troyes (Aube) | 55 | 12996 |
| Paris 3e | 966 | 12904 |
| Cholet (Maine-et-Loire) | 64 | 12702 |
| Les Lilas (Saint-Saint-Denis) | 69 | 12599 |
| Buffer (La Runion) | 94 | 12534 |
| Libourne (Gironde) | 52 | 12337 |
| Brest (Finistre) | 103 | 12070 |
| Montgeron (Essonne) | 65 | 12034 |
| Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) | 232 | 11787 |
Source: DGFiP, IFI 2023, cities with more than 20,000 inhabitants with more than 50 taxpayers to the IFI.
Le Gosier therefore takes first place in this ranking at 7e Parisian district, which was number 1 last year. Disappearing from the top 25 of the highest average IFI are cities like Rennes, Colmar, Olivet, Castelnau-le-Lez or Brest, which fall a little further in this ranking. Rennes, 25e last year, margin now 42e place, with an average IFI very slightly lower than 11,000 euros, and Colmar 27e place for an average IFI of 11,565 euros.
Where are the most numerous wealthy landowners?
Paris = 43,000 households submitted to the IFI. Unbeatable record, obviously. A quarter of subject households reside in the capital! Next on the podium are Hauts-de-Seine and then Yvelines. In 4e position? The 7,500 households residing abroad.
And when we divide Paris into 20 districts, since the City of Paris brings together 20 municipalities? The 16the Parisian district is by far the one with the most taxpayers subject to the IFI with nearly 10,000 taxed households, ahead of Paris 7e then on the 17the and Neuilly-sur-Seine. Lyon is 7e city with the most IFI taxpayers, Bordeaux the 10theMarseille 13e or Versailles the 14e.
Versailles counts thus 1,580 households subject to the IFIbut if this town in Yvelines concentrates many rich owners, it does not necessarily include the richest, since the average IFI is 8943 euros.
Clarification: this classification drawn up by the statistical service of the DGFiP only includes towns with more than 20,000 inhabitants with more than 50 paying debt to the IFI, so that the averages are representative.