Prélèvement à la source

Prélèvement à la source

| Taxes

When you received your “avis d’imposition” back at the end of August, some of you would have to pay some Monthly amount September to December to make up the tax for the year 2020. If this was your first tax form, from September to December you are paying the tax for...
Properties declarations

Properties declarations

| Taxes

All of you that own a house in France must have received an email from the tax office (see below) telling you to go to your personal page online to declare who lives in your properties. Panic not as the tax office has made it available in English for you so go to your...
Social charges on private pensions outside of France

Social charges on private pensions outside of France

| Taxes

First of all, this article is not for you if you are in receipt of a state pension meaning you are under the French health system via an S1 form. This is only for people who are in receipt of a private pension (not government pension like civil servants, NHS, army,...
How to declare your tax online

How to declare your tax online

| Taxes

A few notes to start with Bad news this year is that you have to re-enter all the details of your bank accounts held outside of France as they have changed it to include pay pal and assurance vie accounts. To save time, you can go to your personal page and print the...
Social charges: how to claim it back ! Again !

Social charges: how to claim it back ! Again !

| Taxes

CSG CRDS (French social charges) is for sure the most unpopular tax in France, not just for British people but also for French! Yes, even worse than VAT. We call it the weed, because like weeds, it grows everywhere, and you can’t get rid of it! However, The French...
Reducing your income tax legally

Reducing your income tax legally

| Taxes

Oh no, like me and 50 million French residents, you have received your French income tax bill in August and maybe wondering how you could reduce this bill without getting less income!!Of course! Well did you know that finding ways to reduce your income tax is one of...