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Refuse collection charges in France set to rise amid pollution tax hike
Change estimated to add €40 to €76 to average household bills by 2030
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No rise in private sector workers’ supplementary French pension next year
Unions and employers failed to agree on the level of any increase
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Is it possible to transfer my apartment to my daughter in France?
Gifting only residual ownership is one of many options
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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