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Post by mangetout on Apr 10, 2024 14:59:44 GMT 1
Hi everyone. Has anyone had their paper tax forms yet?
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Post by suein56 on Apr 10, 2024 18:35:46 GMT 1
I don't think anyone is ignoring you  . It might be that, at the moment, the answer is 'No'. |
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Post by lapourtaider on Apr 10, 2024 18:42:58 GMT 1
Or that the vast majority of us do it online? We have not yet had the email saying that the online declaration service is open.
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Post by exile on Apr 10, 2024 19:03:23 GMT 1
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Post by jardiniere on Apr 11, 2024 9:57:42 GMT 1
We have not yet had the email saying that the online declaration service is open. No, I haven't either. Why am I always surprised when it's that time of year again. So we'll soon be asking what exchange rate to use this year. And getting the same variety of responses! |
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Post by suein56 on Apr 11, 2024 18:03:05 GMT 1
Just to confirm that the online declarations are now open. I know, as I just completed mine. Good grief .. a Gold Star for that man |
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Post by omegal on Apr 11, 2024 20:48:15 GMT 1
Just completed ours while the house was quiet, straight forward but I did feel it was a little changed, like most years!
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Post by Aardvark on Apr 12, 2024 9:55:24 GMT 1
That is precisely why we always book an appointment at the tax office to speak to someone in English. Even when the paper forms were sent, they kept making changes to the boxes and where they were located, making them impossible (to a bear of little brain) to fathom. And if you have a question there is no way a form whether paper or online can answer. In much the same way as FAQs usually prove useless in answering specific questions on commercial websites.
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Post by Olave H on Apr 12, 2024 12:00:48 GMT 1
Just to confirm that the online declarations are now open. I know, as I just completed mine. Good grief .. a Gold Star for that man The sooner you get it done the more time you have to rectify mistakes every forum will insist you have made  |
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Post by lapourtaider on Apr 19, 2024 6:25:10 GMT 1
The email saying online declarations are open finally came in today 🙄
Have you had your paper forms yet mangetout?
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Post by mangetout on Apr 19, 2024 7:33:45 GMT 1
The email saying online declarations are open finally came in today 🙄 Have you had your paper forms yet mangetout? Some of them. As always they don't include the form to declare my income comes from abroad, nor do they send 3916 to declare bank accounts. I don't have a printer so I travelled to the nearest Impots, 30km, and asked for forms. For the first time ever they said they didn't have what I wanted, they didn't know when they would and no they couldn't download them from the Internet. I was speechless and asked what I should do. The answer was 'sorry, don't know'. Obviously there is a drive to get us all online. I popped next door to France Services and it took them seconds to find the forms online and print them off for me. |
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Post by lapourtaider on Apr 19, 2024 7:36:23 GMT 1
Well done to France services. As you say, clearly a big drive to get everyone on line.
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Post by iolar on Apr 21, 2024 10:36:23 GMT 1
I used to enjoy visiting my local main branch of Barclays as there was always a bunch of guys using Barclays Market Eye monitor with real time pricing. Moving to France I learnt very quickly that the ordinary French have zero interest in the markets and no wonder why, there is no interest because nothing in France encourages them to become financially literate.
I encouraged my wife to cash in her ISA she had had one share from the beginning - National Grid. At that time I didn't know that if you have held a share or investment for a long time then a reduction in tax of up to 65% is possible.
Plus if you are a foreigner who gains nothing from social charges then this charge is reduced to 7.05%. That is still a rip-off but better than paying 17.5%. I have no objection to paying a CGT tax. Having said that there are 7 countries in the EU which don't have CGT.
So I have to visit the Tax office before I make our online statement to check out if we have been overcharged. Also at the Tax office in Rodez we were told that we didn't have to declare any success with Premium Bonds.
The EU regs are a joke with countries like Luxembourg, Netherlnads and Ireland being tax havens for foreigners and foreign businesses, the whole thing is a bad economic joke.
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Post by suein56 on Apr 21, 2024 11:19:33 GMT 1
Also at the Tax office in Rodez we were told that we didn't have to declare any success with Premium Bonds. This is true if, like the Lotto, you lose your stake each time you play but this is not so with Premium Bonds. You don't lose your Bonds unless you cash them in or you die. The income from them is regarded as just that - income, and should be declared. |
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Post by elsie on Apr 21, 2024 11:23:52 GMT 1
I don't think you will be able to name seven EU countries which don't levy CGT - perhaps you mean Europe? And I think most of the seven have some time conditions, even if short taxfoundation.org/data/all/eu/capital-gains-tax-rates-in-europe-2022/The consensus over the years from French tax offices has been Premium Bond winnings are taxed as they are a share of the interest from the total deposits. Did you explain fully to the Rodez tax office unlike a lottery where you lose your stake if you don't win, with premium bonds you still retain your original investment and can take it at any time. If you can get a definitive written statement I'm sure many would be interested in a copy. Perhaps you should read this explanation and then revise your incorrect comments on social charges www.french-property.com/guides/france/finance-taxation/taxation/social-security/social-welfare-levy/ |
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