The French government has set up an online simulator allowing people to estimate the amount of income tax they are likely to pay.
French tax season begins soon with income tax declarations opening up in mid April.
However, you may already be able to use the official tax office simulator to calculate how much you are likely to owe in income tax – property taxes and business taxes use a different system.
This simulator takes into account the new income brackets, each of which corresponds to a different tax rate.
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It calculates the 2025 tax which will be due on 2024 income, to get an indication of the amount of tax you are likely to owe and your reference taxable income.
The simulator can only be used if you are a resident of France.
You can use:
- the simplified model, if you only have to declare salaries or retirement pensions, for example, and you deduct the most common expenses (childcare costs, donations to associations and organizations of general interest, etc.);
- the full model, if you also have to declare income from commercial, liberal or agricultural activities, investments in overseas departments and regions, overall deficits, etc.
You can find more details on the simulator, and links to each section, HERE.
Tax declarations
From April 10th, anyone who has to submit a French income tax declaration for the 2024 year will be able to do so.
This includes anyone who lives in France (even if all their income comes from overseas, for example a foreign pension) and anyone who has income in France (such as rental income from a holiday home).
That’s when the service will go live on the Impots.gouv.fr website. Those filing on paper should receive their documents around the same date in early April.
The closing date for declarations has not yet been announced, but it will vary based on whether you are filing on paper or online. Traditionally, the deadline ranges from late May to early June, with paper declarations typically required earlier.
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