The verdict of the Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFIP) has just fallen. The cleaver may hurt. 13.1 million French people did not pay enough tax on income in 2024. The average amount to be paid is € 1901 per person.
While the first tax surveys should arrive in your mailbox this summer, the DGFIP confirms its fears. More and more people do not pay enough tax with the withholding tax. They will therefore be regularized. For some people, it can hurt a lot.
Last year they were just under 10 million to receive regularization for an average amount of more than 2,000 euros. Today if the sum has hardly changed, They are 33 % more to the duty of money to the French taxman.
A phenomenon linked to inflation?
But then, how to explain this situation? Do the French make false declarations, do they forget part of their income? In the eyes of several experts, this is not the case. Indeed, this spectacular increase in the number of regularizations is essentially linked to inflation and the increase in wages in 2024.
On average French people saw their salary increase by 2.8 % during the year 2024, following inflation. This increase in salary has not been taken into account in the calculation of the withholding tax, a large number of French people have not paid enough taxes this year.
This regularization, whose persons concerned will be notified in the coming weeks, will be carried out automatically by bank transfer From September 25, 2025. If the amount is less than 300 euros, it will be deducted in one go.
If on the other hand, the amount requested is greater than 300 euros, a schedule will be set up automatically. The DGFIP ensures that the persons concerned will in all cases be warned in time of their situation. So watch your mailbox.
13 million French people paid too much tax
If almost one in 4 French people did not pay enough taxes in 2024, about as many people have for their part paid too much tax This year. This is often the case for people who have lost their jobs or having seen their remuneration drop from one year to the next. Here again the withholding tax does not adapt and taxes must be revalued accordingly.
On average Taxes owe 1017 euros to these people. They are 13.2 million according to the first figures of the DGFIP. To find out if you are one of them, the only solution is to wait for your tax statement which will announce the right (or bad) new.
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