Pay your income taxes

The tax department needs to calculate how much you will pay, for this you need to "declare" all the money you received in an official declaration.

You must make a single tax return per tax household: if you are married or PACSé and/or if you have dependent children, all the money received must be in the same declaration.

Good to know: An adult child (over 18) who does not live with his parents must file an individual tax return.
An adult child who is studying can be attached to the tax household of his parents until he is 25 years old.

The calendar is the same each year:

• in the spring, between April and June, you declare the income of the previous year (the year ended). This declaration makes it possible to calculate the taxes that you will pay.
• in the summer, between July and August, you receive your income tax notice . This is the " regularization" : the calculation between what you have already paid (deducted at source) and what you still have to pay, or what will be refunded if you have paid too much.

Good to know: Withdrawal and reimbursement are automatic from the bank account, you have nothing to do.

The declaration must be made online.

Good to know: You can complete and send the declaration on paper only if you do not have internet at home or if you cannot travel to a space with a computer connected to the internet. You receive the document in April by email. If you haven't received anything and this is your first report, you can download the form here.

If this is the first time you are declaring your income:

• You must apply for a "tax number" on the tax site here. This tax number is a personal number to identify you.
• Click on :
  - You are special,
  - Your request concerns access to your private space and your online services,
  - About a difficulty to create your particular space,
  - I don't have any tax number.

If you have already declared your income:

• You must connect to impots.gouv.fr using your tax number or your France Connect account and fill in the requested information.

>> To read: the Refugees.info sheet " Connecting to a site with France Connect "

• The declaration is generally already pre-filled, that is to say that companies, temporary work agencies, Pôle emploi, etc. have already sent the information directly to the tax department.
  Check if everything is correct: for employees and temporary workers, look at the "net taxable amount" at the bottom of the payslip for December of the previous year (the year that ended).
  Add missing information if the administration has forgotten elements.

The due date of your declaration changes every year - generally towards the end of May/beginning of June. It will be written on your declaration, and in the media. You will benefit from more time if you do the declaration online and not on paper.

Please note: you risk paying more tax if you send your declaration late!

You will receive (by email if you sent the declaration on paper, or on your personal space if you made the declaration on the internet) a very important document called "tax notice".

You have to download it and keep it with you, even if you don't have taxes to pay.
Many administrations use this document to take the steps (for allowances from the CAF, to obtain social housing, etc.).

Throughout the year, income tax will be deducted directly from the monthly salary. The amount is indicated on the pay slip.

Good to know:

Please note that only income tax is deducted at source, for other taxes such as housing tax, you have a deadline (indicated on the tax notice you receive) to pay this expense.