Admire the flower beds, walk barefoot in the fresh grass, enjoy a nap or lunch in the shade of an old tree, nibble the ripe fruit of your orchard or breathe in the scents emanating from the groves... Having outdoor spaces is a source of many small pleasures!

However, in order to fully enjoy them over the months and that they retain all their beauty, it is essential to regularly carry out small gardening jobs, which can be tedious, painful and time-consuming.

The solution is then to call on a landscape gardener, who will put his know-how and talent at your service without costing you a fortune thanks to a dedicated tax credit. We explain the specificities and conditions required to be eligible.

Eligible work

As part of the human services, you can ask a professional to take care of the maintenance of your lawn, by mowing it, scarifying the lawn and weeding.

You can also charge him with your work of trimming hedges, trees, shrubs, roses, fruit trees and climbing plants as well as brushing.

Phytosanitary treatments and applications of fertilizers or soil improvers are also covered by the tax credit, as well as the maintenance of beds, manual watering of plants (excluding maintenance of watering systems), leaf collection, digging, hoeing, scratching and small manual uprooting of plants.

The service of removing waste caused during these routine gardening activities (remains of mowing, branches) is included in this activity.

If you own a vegetable garden or fruit trees, fruit and vegetable picking can be included, provided of course that they are intended for your personal consumption and not for sale.

Finally, be aware that the maintenance of swimming pools and their surroundings (excluding technical maintenance) and snow removal are also part of the work eligible for the tax credit.

Excluded benefits

In general, only minor gardening work, in other words, those involving the regular maintenance of a garden or vegetable garden already existing at the beneficiary's main or secondary home, fall within the scope of personal services eligible for the tax credit.

You cannot therefore take advantage of this tax rebate to redevelop your outdoor spaces from top to bottom, design and build a landscaped park or carry out earthworks.

Commercial activities, such as the sale of plants, seeds or equipment (tools, accessories, pots) are also prohibited. Considered an exceptional task, pruning can not be taken into account either.

OUR "GARDENING" DOSSIER

Finally, only private gardens are concerned, agricultural or forestry work will therefore also be excluded.

How to benefit from the tax credit?

In order to be entitled to a reduction on your taxes, you will first have to use a landscaper certified as personal services and therefore, duly declared.

This credit will then be equivalent to 50% of the amount of the service invoiced by the professional.

Be careful, however, the ceiling of small gardening expenses giving entitlement to the tax credit can not exceed € 5,000 per year.

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