2022 TAX DEADLINE. If you’re the type who drags on filing your tax return, now’s the time to get started. The deadline is approaching, especially for some taxpayers who only have a few days left to do so. What is the date not to exceed in your department?
[Mis à jour le 4 mai 2022 à 16h27] Be careful not to exceed the deadline for completing your tax return! As a reminder, an “omission” is synonymous with a 10% penalty, very unpleasant in this period of inflation and soaring prices of everyday consumer products. For some taxpayers, these first days of May must be synonymous with calculations and verification.
People filling out their declaration on paper (reserved only for certain elderly people and those whose internet connection is not sufficient at home) only have until May 19 to do so! Please note that taxpayers completing their declaration online do not have much more time. The deadlines for taxes are not the same for everyone: it all depends on your department. Here are the dates to remember for your department:
- Departments (01) to (19) and non-residents: May 24, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.
- Departments (20) to (54) and Corsica: May 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.
- Departments (55) to 974/976: June 8, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.
- All departments: May 19, 2022 (paper declaration)
Taxpayers who live in the departments between Ain (01) and Corrèze (19) are therefore the first to have to complete and submit their 2021 tax return for the year 2022. For the inhabitants of these territories, there remains already less than a month to complete his tax return! Remember that filling in is compulsory, the introduction of the withholding tax in 2019 does not exempt you from it.
Note that this declaration campaign can also allow you to regularize your situation with the tax authorities. Here, two solutions are available to you after completing your return, obtaining a refund because you were not taxable in 2021 or over a period of the year. Or else, settle an income tax balance. This balance corresponds to the total amount of income tax you owe on income received in 2021 after deducting the amounts that have already been deducted from you at source in 2021. The tax return contains certain income already entered such as salaries, pensions, unemployment benefits and daily allowances, or income from movable capital.
The opening of the 2022 declarative campaign was scheduled for April 7. Everything went well at the opening on Thursday, before a big hiccup that the tax authorities had absolutely not expected. No possibility of accessing the pre-filling of the tax declaration for three days. In question ? Pre-filling errors concerning the overtime of certain civil servants. The problem was solved on Monday 11 in the early afternoon. From now on, everything is back to normal, all taxpayers can complete their tax return. Let’s start with the details you absolutely need to keep in mind regarding the paper tax return.
To declare online, you must connect to your private space with your tax number and your password. If you do not yet have a password, enter your tax number, your online access number and your reference tax income. You will find these identifiers on the tax return received in April (tax number and online access number) and on the tax notice received in August N-1 (reference tax income).
If you have forgotten your tax number or your password, on the authentication screen, the procedures allow you to recover your identifiers.
Once authenticated, select the “Declare my income” service. Your online declaration will be pre-filled with information known to the administration. All you have to do is verify your marital status, your address and the pre-filled amounts. You can correct them if necessary. Then, you will complete the other income you have received and the charges, reductions or tax credits to which you are entitled. Don’t forget to sign your online declaration for it to be taken into account.
The deadline for online taxes on impots.gouv.fr depends exclusively on your department number. In total, three zones have been determined by the tax authorities. Here are the deadlines that applied this year:
- 1time area: the May 24, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. for departments n° 01 to 19 and residents not resident in France
- 2th area: the May 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. for departments 20 to 54 including the two departments of Corsica
- 3th area: the June 8, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. for departments n° 55 to 974/976
Taxpayers who use the paper form have up to May 19, 2022, at midnight, to submit their income tax return, postmarked, regardless of their place of residence. The deadline is therefore the same for everyone. As a reminder, only taxpayers who do not have Internet access or who do not have the capacity to use digital tools can still use the paper form. Internet tax filing is now mandatory.