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Money, taxes, pensions: What's new in France in 2026
New money-saving budget, allowances, income tax freeze and retirement age
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Christmas gifts: from what sum must they be declared to French tax office
The process for declaration is moving fully online from January 2026
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When is an Airbnb really a hotel for the French tax office?
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Does January tax credit paid by French tax office have to be repaid?
Some people will have had payments for charity ‘gifts’ they never made
Reader question: I had a payment from the tax office in January because I donated to charity in 2021 but I did not donate in 2022. What should I do?
The tax office assumes people will have similar expenses from one year to the next giving rise to tax credits and reductions (amounts off tax) so it supplies an amount equal to 60% of your last amount of credits/reductions in January.
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Once you have made your declaration for 2022 income, if you put nothing in the tax credit/reduction boxes, they will factor in the ‘overpayment’ in your tax bill payable in September to December.
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