Many thanks Stella, I understand now 
I’m a newbie to the site and have a question.
I bought a house in France in 2006 as a holiday retreat and every year have paid a bill for Avis D’Impot.
This year I’ve recently received the bill for 692 euros but understand that the rules may have changed. I live and pay tax in the uk and have no income in France. Do I still have to pay all or some of this bill? If not how do I go about resolving this?
Advice gratefully received. Thanks
Hi Tessa
Is the bill for taxe foncière?
If so, it is the UK equivalent of Council Tax so yes, you must pay.
The other tax is 'impôt sur le revenu which is income tax which you might not have to pay.
The type of tax is usually noted at the top of the bill.
Hi Tessa and welcome to the forum.
As Graham suggests - the bill you have probably has this heading:
"Direction Générale des Finances Publiques
Avis d’Impôt 2019
Taxes Foncières
Votées et perçues par la commune, le département et divers organismes. "
and will be “the owner’s tax” - best way to explain it.
You will receive a second bill later in the year, which will say Taxe “d’habitation” instead of Foncière - that will be the tax for dwelling in the property from time to time…
Hope this clarifies things a bit… let us know if you have any more queries.
cheers
(Some property taxes have changed - for Permanent Residents.)
I always used to write a message (about my exemption) on my Impot/Tax Declaration 
there used to be a special box where one could write all sorts of additional info…
Thank you both. This is really useful and I appreciate your taking the time to help me.
Thank you - very useful and I appreciate your taking the time to advise me.