More than 16 million French are already subject to the levy at source

Not far from four tax households out of ten have been submitted as of Wednesday, January 2, deduction at source (PAS), according to the ministry of the Action a

More than 16 million French are already subject to the levy at source

Not far from four tax households out of ten have been submitted as of Wednesday, January 2, deduction at source (PAS), according to the ministry of the Action and of the public accounts. During a press conference, the minister Gérald Darmanin has given details of the taxpayers that are seen to collect the income tax directly on their incomes. Around 15 million pensioners in the private have seen their pensions supplementary Agirc-Arrco collected , as well as 280.000 former SNCF and 722.000 beneficiaries of disability pensions. Unemployed workers have also seen their allowances ponctionnées.

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The whole thing, "without any bug, without that the rate of Jean-Paul not to be applied to Jean-Pierre," assured the minister during a press conference Thursday morning. Better, according to him, "the French quickly seized the possibilities of change rate". He wants to show that the tab on the site impôts.gouv.fr dedicated to the NOT already registered 280.000 visits on Wednesday. With the NOT, the taxpayer may, in effect, refresh the rate at which his pension or his salary is drawn as a function of various changes in their lives.

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Not less than 57,000 French have asked for and obtained a change of rate first day of implementation of the reform, including a 17,000 upwards (to avoid having to pay for adjustment later), and 40,000 in the fall. Of these, 6000 were able to reduce their collection to... zero. "In the old system, they would have had to wait a year to be able to do it," assured Gerald Darmanin. In truth, it was possible to obtain, by asking the tax administration, payment terms, or a modulation of the instalments prior to the reform.

Capacity-actual

Sign, however, of the concerns and questions of the French in these first days of sampling at the source, the directorate general of public Finance has added 200 agents on the 40000 made to answer questions by phone. The real test for this historic reform of the mode of collection of the tax will, however, be in mid-January, with the puncture of the basic retirement pensions, and then at the end of January, with the application of the sap on wages.

Date Of Update: 06 January 2019, 00:00
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