UFC Que Choisir 54 obtains its refund for all taxpayers

The UFC Que-Choisir de Meurthe-et-Moselle last year lodged an appeal with the administrative court against the metropolis of Greater Nancy to obtain reimbursement of the household waste removal tax paid in 2018 to the inhabitants of the Grand Nancy. The Nancy administrative court ruled in favor of the association in a judgment rendered on Wednesday December 23, 2020.

Do you live in Greater Nancy and do you pay the Household Waste Removal Tax (TEOM)? So you could be the beneficiary of the refund of the tax paid in 2018 due to an irregularity noted by the services of the association UFC-Que Choisir 54. Last year, by scrutinizing the accounts, the association had pinned the Metropolis of Grand Nancy on its invoicing corresponding to the household waste removal tax (TEOM) which was assessed in its initial budget at € 29,750,000. However, it turned out that by deducting the actual expenses and other income for the Metropolis, the Metropolis had recorded an overpayment on this tax.

« Without even making all the deductions making it possible to know the real operating expenses of the service and by deducting only the two fees (…) the TEOM 2018 shows a surplus of more than 38% “, Said last December 2019 the UFC-Que Choisir. ” THE TEOM collected in 2018 disproportionately exceeding the cost of the collection and treatment of waste, the deliberation relating to the TEOM rate voted for the year 2018 by the metropolitan council is tainted with illegality. »Added a letter from UFC-Que Choisir 54 to the services of the Metropolis.

By relying on legal texts including article R 77-12-4 of the administrative justice code, the association had demanded reimbursement from taxpayers subject to the metropolis of Greater Nancy.

The administrative court ruled favorably in a judgment rendered on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. In a press release sent on Wednesday, December 23, the UFC Que Choisir Nancy and its region welcomes ” a historic victory for all taxpayers in the Metropolis of Greater Nancy. The Nancy Administrative Court, in its judgment of 23/02/2020 (subject to appeal within 2 months), upholds our association by recognizing the right for each taxpayer to obtain a refund of the removal tax of household waste paid in 2018 ».

How to claim the 2018 household waste collection tax refund?

First of all, it is necessary to wait to know if the metropolis intends to appeal the judgment rendered by the administrative court on December 23, 2020.

After 2 months after this judgment, you must send a letter, ideally by registered letter with acknowledgment of receipt, to the Regional Directorate of Public Finances (DRFIP) of the Grand Est (4 Place de la République CS 51002 67070 Strasbourg Cedex, specifies the association which puts online in its Frequently Asked Questions all of the documents required to submit the request.

You will obtain a refund of the full amount of the household waste collection tax paid in 2018, an amount that appears on the property tax notice for the same year. Almost 147,000 housing units are affected by this right, for a reimbursement of around 200 euros per taxpayer. The association specifies that ” this victory will not lead to an increase in local taxes, since it is the State which will reimburse the taxpayers and not the Metropolis ».

– .