For those who declare online, the deadline ranges from May 24 to June 8. The others have until May 19 to declare their income from 2021.
Le Monde and AFP
French households can begin to declare their income from 2021 from this Thursday, April 7th. Those who can not and still fulfill a paper statement will have until 19 May at midnight to send it back. For those who declare their income online, the deadline ranges from May 24 to June 8, depending on their department of residence.
Tax Notices will be sent between July 25 and August 5 to taxpayers who declare their income online, and between July 29 and August 31 to those who filled a paper statement.
The Director General of Public Finance, Jérôme Fournel, rejoiced Thursday that 87.3% of tax households had their latest tax return online or automatically. “In 2019, we were at report rates around 68%,” he said at a press conference at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.
In 2021, France had 23.1 million registrants online, 103,000 more than the previous year. More than eleven million users have resorted to the automatic declaration.
Buele milestone, tax-discounted premiums … What’s new in this year
Some measures taken during the past year bring some changes to this statement. One of the major novelties concerns the milestone scale, which allows households to deduct some of their fuel expenses as a professional cost.
Due to the outbreak of pump prices, the government decided to revaluate 10% this scale, a measure that concerns “the middle class heart”, according to the Ministry of the Economy. This should concern 4.3 million homes reporting their actual costs, of which 2.5 million are effectively imposed.
On the other hand, the prime bonus of purchasing power, said Prime Macron, was extended in 2021. It is exempt from tax within the limit of 1,000 euros for any employee winning less than three times the SMIC (crude ), and up to 2,000 euros for companies with fewer than 50 employees who have entered into a profit-sharing or valuation agreement of the “second line” (ie professionals, excluding caregivers, who continued to work on site during confines). The inflation premium of 100 euros received as early as December 2021 by millions of households, it does not submit to income tax.
The Government has also extended the raising to 75% of the amount of the donation of the tax reduction granted for a donation to an association of help to the poorest. This recovery also applies to donations to cultural associations.
New tax credits are appearing: 30% granted for a first subscription to the news press, or that of 75% (up to 300 euros) for the installation of a Electric vehicle charging system in a dwelling.
The rate of tax reduction for an investment in SMEs is increased from 18% to 25% for investments made from May 9 to December 31, 2021.
Finally, in recent years, “regularly, the people who declared children did not ask for the school grants to whom they are entitled,” said Jérôme Fournel. To remedy them, users whose tax household includes one or more children in college or high school will be able to verify, at the end of their online statement, their eligibility, thanks to a simulator.