Did the DGFiP tell you an amount remaining to be paid at the end of your tax return? Don’t panic: the bill won’t be paid during your summer vacation! But you can anticipate this bill for the end of September, after the start of the school year.
Last summer, when they received their tax notice, 10.7 million tax households were told they had a balance to pay. Thus, 28% of households had an amount remaining to be paid to the tax authorities last year, for a total of 22.5 billion euros, i.e. a little over 2100euros paid on average per household. An amount which is indeed a balance and not the amount of the annual tax!
The puzzle of the calculation at the end of the tax return: why you no longer pay net tax
As a reminder, this corresponds to the logical cycle of income tax deducted at source. In 2022, you paid part of your tax each month, the source, but this is an approximate amount. The annual declaration, which you finalized in the spring of 2023, enables the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) to calculate your final annual taxthe euro prs.
Taxes: does the tax authorities round in your favour?
Following this final calculation, a third of households have an amount to pay (28% last year) to supplement what has already been deducted at source. Another third have nothing to do (37% last year) and a third receive a summer reimbursement from the DGFiP (35% of households in 2022).
September 25… and payment in 4 installments if your balance exceeds 300 euros
For refunds, the amount will appear in your bank account by the end of July or the beginning of August. If you have a balance to settle, it will be later. You can already anticipate this expense: the debit will be made on the bank account that you informed the DGFiP on Monday, September 25, 2023.
The operation will be performed at once if the amount remaining to be paid is less than 300 euros. If your tax balance exceeds 300 euros, then the levy is automatically split into four payments. The DGFiP staggers its withdrawal over 4 months: Monday September 25, then Wednesday October 25, Monday November 27 and Tuesday December 26, 2023.
You can also already anticipate these payments on your bank account. These samples will be taken by GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF PUBLIC FINANCEand the label of the operations will be INCOME TAX BALANCE 2022 INVOICE NUMBER XXX.
Who is affected by the September 15 deadline?
Friday, September 15 is the official deadline to regularize the amount remaining to be paid income tax. However, as part of the withholding tax, payment of the balance to be settled is imperatively carried out by sampling as the tax administration points out.
The deadline of September 15, for payment by check or cash (or September 20 for online payment), therefore only concerns those who have refused to give their IBAN to the DGFiP.
Property tax, income tax… All the dates do not forget until the end of 2023