The 2025 finance law provides for an increase in the IR scale of 2%. This revaluation will change the situation of millions of taxable people. In fact, the new income thresholds allow several retirees to be exempt. Find out which ones.
Data recently published by the DGFiP reveal that around half of French people are subject to income tax, and this proportion is decreasing each year. With the 2025 finance law, which provides for an increase in the scale ofincome taxit is likely that the number of taxpayers will continue to fall. This revaluation will take place on the 1stis January and, compared to the previous year, the rate will be higher. This change will result in an automatic adjustment of the income thresholds above which a household becomes taxable. Here are the new income thresholds from which you will be exempt.
Good news for retirees
More tax to pay in 2025
Nearly 40 million taxable households will have to declare their income from 2024 to spring 2025. It is thanks to this declaration that the tax administration will determine the amount of income tax to pay for 50% of the households concerned. As for the other half, they will be exempt from paying this compulsory tax to the tax authorities since their income is lower than the new thresholdsindicates Droit-finances.net. Remember that in previous years, 18 million out of 40 paid their tax. Furthermore, the tax rate in 2025 will be the same due to the revaluation of the IR scale mentioned in the finance bill which is 2%.
An increase in thresholds
The automatic increase of tax scale will lead to an increase in the income thresholds for determining whether a household is taxable. Among those exempt from paying IR in 2025 are retirees whose resources are low or average and who do not receive any income. additional income. To determine if you will be exempt next year, compare your net income from 2024 to the threshold from which one becomes taxable. In addition to this news, other big changes will take place on the personal side regarding the payment of taxes.
Here are the new scales
The new tax thresholds have undergone a mechanical increase with the increase in the income tax scale contained in the 2025 finance bill. According to calculations carried out by numerous platforms, a tax share of which net taxable income reaching €17,084 will not be taxable. For two tax shares, the ceiling is set at €32,258. THE retired taxpayers below these thresholds are exempt from paying this tax.
What you should remember
A slight overrun is permitted
If net taxable income slightly exceeds the new thresholds, this does not mean that the taxpayer must pay IR in 2025. Indeed, these thresholds do not take into account the reductions or the tax credit to which the retiree is entitled. As a result, a retiree who has already incurred expenses to benefit from tax benefits in 2024 can be exempted in 2025. We can cite the tax credit for home use or a donation. Note that the right to these devices is only possible if the expenses are incurred before December 31.
Exemption for certain retirees
Pensioners whose retirement pension constitutes the only source of income will be automatically exempt from paying taxes in 2025. In fact, the tax administration already knows the annual amount of their income. The only thing they will have to do is check their declaration to ensure that the amounts mentioned are correct.
A worrying public deficit
The State seeks to restore thebalance of public financesand several proposals are being considered, including that of reintroducing an old tax abolished several years ago. The country's deficit is causing great concern and is forecast to run into billions of euros.
