If the income declaration period for the year 2023 ended a few weeks ago, the French are not finished with taxes however. Indeed, there is an additional declaration which must be made by the owners before July 1. And a heavy one fine waiting for latecomers.
Clearly, the tax administration is giving taxpayers little respite. Indeed, those of them who are owners of a property have until Monday July 1 to carry out an update as reminded by the service-public.fr site. However, the approach does not concern everyone, but only those who have experienced a change situation between January 2, 2023 and January 1, 2024 within one of their real estate properties.
This tax declaration to be made by owners was implemented in 2023
In this case, they only have a few hours left to complete the statement. Indeed, “since last year, if you are an owner, you must indicate to the tax authorities, for each of the premises you own, in what capacity you occupy it (main residence or secondary) and the identity of the occupants if you do not live in the accommodation yourself.”it is specified.
For those who had already done what was necessary last year and for whom nothing has changed, no problem. For others, time is running out. This includes reporting a change of tenanta property that has become unoccupied, accommodation that is no longer your main residence or procurement of a new good. So many situations that it is now obligatory to declare under penalty of a heavy sanction.
Owners risk a hefty fine if they forget to file this tax return.
Car “if you do not respect the obligations declaration concerning the real estate that you own, you incur a fine of 150 € per premises for which the required information has not been communicated to the tax administration.”also recalls the tax. Very bad news a few days before the holidays.
This declaration of real estate will mainly used to calculate the amount of housing tax on the second homes and on vacant housing. And the tax authorities have done everything to ensure that owners do not forget to file their declaration online. “Indeed, a questionnaire has been set up at the end of the online income declaration process; you must answer it before signing your statement.”
Taxes hunt down owners who do not declare their buildings
This means that if you have correctly declared your income online, based on the answers to the questionnaireyou have been redirected to the page provided for this purpose. This is the section “Manage my real estate“ in your particular space on impots.gouv.fr. And this is also where it is possible to find the land declaration.
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The latter must be completed to “any new construction (house, verandagarden sheds, swimming pool, etc.) and in the event of expansion work or modification of the consistency of a premises.”as indicated on the dedicated page on the impots.gouv.fr website. It should also be noted that the government is now the hunt for undeclared constructions using artificial intelligence and satellite images. The land declaration must be sent within the 90 days after the date of completion of the works.
