The real estate declaration service should remain accessible after August 10 but you could, if you are not up to date, incorrectly receive a council tax notice for 2023. Eventually, the situation of the properties will have to be updated at from time to time, but not systematically every year.
June 30, July 31, then August 10… The property declaration tax service is having a first year full of twists and turns! After three closing dates communicated by the General Directorate of Public Finance (DGFiP), the service should finally remain accessible after August 10. This is the deadline for making the declaration of occupation of the property so that it can be taken into account for the autumn taxation. We must not forget that we are asking for the occupation situation on January 1, 2023, the tax authorities remind the newspaper The echoes.
And according to the daily, the service will therefore remain accessible after the fateful date because taxpayers will subsequently have to be able to change their situation as they see fit. This deadline obliges the taxpayer to declare quickly, estimates the lawyer Florent Ruault in the columns of the daily newspaper. Indeed, the sooner he fulfills this new obligation, the more he reduces the risk of receiving a wrong housing tax notice, indicates the tax authorities. On the tax website, 34million owners must indicate the situation for each of their properties: if it is empty, which title he occupies it himself or to decline the identity of a possible tenant.
A fine of 150 euros pending
The obligation to declare real estate for residential use came into force on 1 January in order to identify the premises still liable for the residence tax. This was abolished for all main residences in 2023, but remains liable for secondary residences. Latecomers are liable to a fine of 150 euros, but as this is a new procedure, the DGFiP will show goodwill and no penalty will be applied this year.
Especially since in practice, this fine seems difficult to implement due to the dematerialization of the declaration. The Administration knows very well that there are a considerable number of taxpayers, often elderly, who never touch a computer. This generation, often owners, is identifiable by the tax authorities because these people continue to use the paper form to declare their income and they will do so until the end of their life, explained in June Hlne Feron-Poloni, lawyer, specializing in the defense of savers, to Echoes.