While it is time for all French people to make their tax return, salary bonuses should not be forgotten. We take stock.
For a few weeks and until May 25 (or until June 1 for certain departments), the time has been at tax declaration. All French people must indeed declare the income they received during the year 2022. But beware: in addition to your simple salary, you must also notify all bonuses that you received from your employer. As the site reminds Moneyvox, three salary bonuses are actually to be declared. To start with “classic” bonusesas bonuses or exceptional salary variables received in 2022 (christmas bonus or collective, for example).
As they are included in your net taxable salary, they are directly taken into account when deducting at source. You must therefore simply include it in the declaration with all of your 2022 income. Please note: if the payment of a bonus was received in January 2023, then the amount will have to be declared next year. Afterwards, the so-called “Macron” bonus must also be included in your tax return. Indeed, if it is tax-exempt (under certain conditions), the exceptional purchasing power bonus, of its real name, enters into the calculation of the reference tax income and must therefore be declared.
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What about the “profit-sharing” or “participation” bonus?
Finally, the so-called “profit-sharing” or “participation” bonus is also to be declared in certain cases. Indeed, if you decide to place this premium on an employee savings plan, then it will be exempt from income tax and you will therefore not have to notify this sum to the tax authorities. On the other hand, if you choose to receive this bonus (or part of it) immediately, it therefore immediately includes your net taxable salary. You must therefore declare it to taxes like the rest of your salary income from this month of May 2023.