Are you in the middle of your income tax return and fear a tax audit? If your income does not exceed 1 million euros per year, know that you are not considered a priority target. Explanations.
On April 19, Thomas Cazenave, Minister responsible for Public Accounts, visited the National Directorate for Verification of Social Situations (DNVSF). If the results of the 2023 tax audit have not yet been communicated by Bercy, the minister nevertheless put forward some figures, taken up by The things: In 2023, you have collected 900 million euros. This is double what we did in 2019, specifying that the number of files processed has not changed, i.e. 1,600 per year.
Who is the priority target of the tax audit?
Tax controls mainly concern the richest taxpayers, those whose gross income exceed one million euros per year or more than 7 million of assets declared to the IFI (real estate wealth tax) or even more than 30 million euros of assets declared in 2017 to the ISF (wealth tax). This would represent approximately 20,000 tax households.
According to The things, Bercy also affirms that 80% of the sums collected by the DNVSF arrive in its coffers. Of the 15 billion euros of tax fraud collected last year, only 70% was collected, or 10.6 billion.
If you do not find yourself among the priority targets, know that any income declaration is still likely to be checked. Forgotten declaration of rent, income from rental of furniture or even accumulation of alimony and dependent child… Certain errors or inconsistencies in your declaration can automatically lead to a reminder from the tax authorities.
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