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France’s ‘garden shed’ tax: how to check if previous owners paid and what if they did not?
Taxe d’aménagement is payable on a wide range of structures including pools, garden sheds and other outbuildings
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What to do if you made a mistake on your French tax declaration
Corrections are possible throughout the year
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Senator and legal expert join critics of French 2021 inheritance law
Solution may be found soon, according to professor
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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