Withholding tax : 5 billion advanced to the French in mid-January

This is a subtlety unknown to the deduction at source: tax credits for taxpayers on donations, the home-based employment, etc, are not taken into account in the

Withholding tax : 5 billion advanced to the French in mid-January

This is a subtlety unknown to the deduction at source: tax credits for taxpayers on donations, the home-based employment, etc, are not taken into account in the calculation of the sampling rate. Salaries and pensions will therefore be aspirated in the amount of the increased tax. The official reason given at the launch of the reform under François Hollande in 2016? A tax credit obtained a year is not necessarily reappointed for the following year - typically for gifts.

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This system is not less unfavourable to the taxpayer. The households concerned must make an advance of cash to the State, before the latter restores their tax credits in a second time - and this until over a year after. In some cases of people who were previously converted into a monthly basis, the amount of withholding at the source may be higher than the monthly payments earlier.

A deposit of 60 %

However, ...

Date Of Update: 30 December 2018, 00:00
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