Good news for millions of taxpayers: the taxman will have to make tax reimbursements in the coming days.
It is a transfer that should make people happy among French taxpayers. In the coming days, between 10 and 15 million of them will receive a transfer from the tax administration. This payment, the average amount of which is around 900 euros, will be made automatically on the bank account that they indicated to the taxman, without any particular approach to be carried out.
But where does this transfer come from? This is in fact a reimbursement, linked to the operation of the withholding tax, implemented since January 2019. Until now, the rate applied to income has been calculated from the income declared the previous year.
However, for many taxpayers, the amount deducted in 2024 was finally greater than the tax actually due in 2025, once taken into account the income of 2024 and any tax credits and reductions indicated in your last declaration of income. How do you know if you are concerned by this summer refund?
To find out, go to your personal space on taxes.gouv.fr. Your latest reporting notice will tell you if a refund is due to you as well as its amount. The dates of the payments are already known and indicated by the taxman. The bank transfer will take place either Friday, July 25, or Friday, August 1, on the bank account usually used by the taxman. A title will therefore be monitored in the coming days on your account statement: “Revenue Revenues”. Only those whose bank details are no longer up to date must modify them as quickly as possible to their tax center.
Two categories of taxpayers are concerned. On the one hand, those whose revenues fell between 2023 and 2024, and for which the levy rate applied in 2024 was therefore too high compared to their tax finally due. On the other hand, those who benefit from tax reductions or credits for expenses carried out in 2024: home job, childcare costs, donations to associations, rental investments … The taxman then reimburses this summer the balance of these tax advantages, sometimes already partly paid last January in the form of a deposit.
The reimbursed amounts vary according to the situations, ranging from a few tens to several hundred euros, the average is therefore around 900 euros in recent years. It all depends on the expenses made in 2024 giving the right to tax reductions or credits, and the difference between 2023 income on which the rate of withdrawal was calculated, and the revenues of 2024 finally declared this spring.
Please note, however, some taxpayers will have to pay a tax supplement in September, if they received additional income in 2024 without adjusting their levy rate, or if the advance of tax credit received last January has finally proven too high.