DECLARATION OF INCOME 2022. No less than 35 departments are concerned by the deadline for the tax declaration this Tuesday, May 31.
[Mis à jour le 31 mai 2022 à 08h36] This Tuesday, May 31, 2022 already marks the second tax return deadline. In other words, at midnight, it will be too late to complete it for taxpayers who have opted for the paper tax return, and residents of departments between Corsica (2A and 2B) and the Meurthe et Moselle (54) who declared their income online. As a reminder, despite the implementation of the withholding tax, you are required to complete your tax return, this remains an obligation. But then, what are the sanctions in case of delay in sending your tax return to the tax authorities?
If you declare your income late, you will have to pay penalties to the tax authorities, an increase in your taxes as well as late payment interest in certain situations. In case of delay, therefore, your tax will be increased by 10% in the absence of formal notice. Of 20% in the event of late filing of the declaration within 30 days of the formal notice. And until 40% when the tax return has not been filed within 30 days of receipt of the formal notice. Note that if the tax authorities realize that you exercise a illicit activityyou will have to pay a surcharge of 80%, without any prior formal notice. Know that default interest can also be applied. These interests amount to 0.20% tax due per month late and apply until the last day of the month in which the tax return is filed.
The declaration campaign was launched on April 7 to allow all taxpayers to complete their tax return online or in hard copy. Please note, after the deadline, it will no longer be possible for you to declare your income received in 2021. Go to the tax website for the vast majority of taxpayers to complete your tax return, or through one of the forms offered for those who do not have a sufficient internet connection, or for retirees who simply cannot perform this operation. Here is the complete schedule of deadlines to remember for this 2022 declarative campaign:
- May 24, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.: departments n° 01 to 19
- May 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m.: departments n° 20 to 54
- June 8, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. : departments n° 55 to 974/976
Regarding the paper tax return for the year 2021, the deadline has been set for May 31, 2022.
For 10 years now, the tax authorities have been responsible for pre-filling your tax return using the information at their disposal such as the amount of your salary, your retirement pension or your unemployment benefits. Proof of its democratization, in 2021, more than 11 million taxpayers have benefited from it. But then, how do you know if you can benefit from this automatic tax return ? It is offered to tax households that were taxed last year solely on income pre-filled by the administration. If you made a online declaration in 2021, an email should be sent to you with the possibility of checking all your information from your private space. On the contrary, if you have declared your income in paper version last year, a letter will be sent to you with the new tax declaration and all the necessary documents presenting this new automatic declaration system.
Attention, despite the practical and extremely up-to-date nature of this service, we advise you to check all the information that the tax authorities have sent you. In the best case, everything is correct, you don’t have to do anything more, your tax return will be automatically validated, that’s the principle. However, it may happen that small misprints slip into your declaration, or that certain information must be modified. We naturally think of a tax credit, the declaration of actual expenses or professional expenses such as mileage. If a change is required, you will need to complete and sign your tax return as usual. As a reminder, don’t wait any longer to complete your tax return if you plan to opt for the paper return! The deadline is approaching, it is already scheduled for next week! Indeed, after May 19, 2022, you will no longer be able to fill it out. So don’t be fooled, go to the tax website now.
You must declare your income to the tax department each year if you live in France. In 2022, online reporting is mandatory if your home is connected to the internet. Otherwise, you can use a form. You benefit from additional time if you file your declaration online. If your situation has not changed in 2021, you may be exempted from making this declaration, it will be made automatically by the taxes.
In 2022, you can declare your income on paper form if you are in one of the following situations:
- Your main residence does not have internet access
- It is equipped with internet access, but you are not able to make your declaration online
Before signing your declaration, you must check the information provided and, if necessary, correct and complete it. You must attach supporting documents to your paper declaration only if they are documents drawn up by you. We advise you to keep the supporting documents for 3 years in the event of a request from the administration.
If you file your tax return in paper format, you must use the pre-completed return received between April and June 2022. Depending on your situation, this return may vary. Here are the links to these paper declarations if you wish to download them:
Remember to check all the information on your tax return before sending it to the tax authorities! Before the deadline assigned to you, no problem! You can correct your declaration as many times as you wish. Afterwards, things get complicated.
Correcting your tax return online after the deadline for submission will automatically lead to the publication of a new tax notice which will be sent to you after the usual deadlines. You can also correct your declaration online, after receipt at the end of July of your tax notice following the declaration filed and signed before the filing deadline. This possibility of online correction is available in your Espace Particulier on www.impots.gouv.fr from the beginning of August 2022. This online correction service is also offered to users who have benefited from the automatic declaration.
For a tax return in paper format, you can inform your public finance center (personal tax department), either by post, mentioning only the elements for which you are requesting correction, or by filing a new tax return on paper. Do not forget to indicate on the first page “CORRECTIVE, CANCELED AND REPLACED DECLARATION” and to re-enter all the elements that you must declare, including those of the first declaration which were correct.