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Taxe foncière property owner’s tax: dates for bills and payment in 2025
Rises are expected although by a lower percentage than in previous years
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French income tax statements are arriving - 13 million homes need to pay more
Average extra tax claim for 2024 income is €1,901
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Can couples be taxed individually in France?
For incomes that are taxed at source, there are changes due in September this year
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.
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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