Minor children with a secondary residence, for which the General Directorate of Public Finances requires them to pay housing tax? On France Info, this Thursday, November 23, the Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire confirms this bug and promises an automatic correction.
This is not a platform bug [sur impots.gouv.fr] but it is indeed a bug because the declarations arrived by mistake. Taxpayers generally put the names of their children in their tax return. [des biens immobiliers]. There was undoubtedly an excess of good will on their part.
This Thursday, November 23, on France Info, Bruno Le Maire recognized a bug that resulted in the sending of a few thousand housing tax notices on second homes, out of several million declarations. An error linked to the declaration of real estate that the owners had to complete in the spring and summer of 2023.
Housing tax: notices sent in error, here’s how to avoid a tax deduction
Taxpayers have nothing to do
Council tax notices are being distributed, with paper mailings continuing until the end of November. Bruno Le Maire wants to be reassuring if your child is affected by a tax notice received incorrectly: The correction will be automatic: it is the General Directorate of Public Finances which will take care of it. Taxpayers don’t have to do anything.
The calendar for 2023 tax notices for housing tax on a secondary residence
On impots.gouv.fr:
- from November 7 for non-monthly taxpayers,
- from November 20 for those who are monthly
In paper format:
- between November 8 and 20 for non-monthly taxpayers,
- between November 22 and 29 for those who are monthly paid.
Payment for owners who actually have a second home must be made before December 15, with a delay of a few days for payments on the Internet.