The 2021 tax campaign begins in April.
One year after the implementation of the withholding tax, the procedure will be modified - at the margin - for certain households which will be able to benefit from the automated procedure.
So will you need to complete an income tax return?
What timeframe?
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Do I need to complete a tax return?
Almost a year after the implementation of the withholding tax, the income tax declaration has been automated for nearly 10 million tax households.
For these taxpayers, no declaration to complete: the tax authorities are based on information already known.
If all the information provided by the tax authorities is correct and complete, the income tax return is automatically validated.
To find out if you can benefit from this automation, verify that:
your pre-filled declaration includes all of your income and expenses,
you have already filed an income tax return the previous year,
you have not made any changes to the return for the previous year, in particular with regard to income pre-filled by the tax authorities.
In 2020, it was necessary not to have reported to the tax authorities the slightest change of address or family situation in 2019 to benefit from the automatic declaration.
This is no longer the case this year.
The automatic declaration is now accessible to people who declared in 2020 a birth, an adoption, alimony, or the collection of a minor child.
Taxpayers eligible for this automated system will be notified by mail or e-mail.
They will obviously be able to make changes to their declaration if certain data has become obsolete.
From when to declare your taxes for 2021?
Taxpayers who always receive their tax form on a paper document must receive it within the same period.
They will therefore be able to complete and return their declaration during the following weeks.
What is the deadline for sending my declaration?
The deadlines for the online declaration and the paper declaration have been officially announced by the
tax authorities
.
Regarding the paper declaration, the deadline is Thursday, May 20, regardless of the place of residence.
The deadline for sending the online declaration varies, depending on your department of residence:
Wednesday May 26, 2021 for residents of zone 1 (departments from 01 to 19) and non-residents
Tuesday June 1, 2021 for those in zone 2 (departments from 20 to 54)
Tuesday June 8, 2021 for those in zone 3 (departments from 55 to 976).
Can I still report my taxes on paper?
Since 2019, the online declaration is compulsory for all taxpayers, as long as their accommodation is equipped with Internet access and they are able to complete it.
And since 2020, it has become impossible to receive a paper pre-filled declaration if you have already declared online in the previous year.
Bercy's objective is therefore to generalize online reporting as much as possible.
But a few exceptions remain:
People who live in a white zone will be able to send their tax return in paper version until 2024,
People whose main residence is not equipped with Internet access can also opt for the paper form,
People whose main residence is well equipped with internet access, but who are not able to make their declaration (if they are elderly in particular), will be able to do the same.
Those affected by these exceptions will normally receive declaration # 2042 or # 2042 C.
What are the remedies?
If you realize after the fact that you made a mistake on your tax return, you can change it at any time if it was made online.
The tax services advise making this change before the filing deadline.
After this period, you will have to make a corrective declaration.
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If you have filed a paper version of the return and want to change it, you must notify your public finance center by mail or by submitting a new return.
