To save time, more and more French people are opting for automatic income tax returns.
A method that saves precious minutes, thanks to the pre-registration of fields known to the tax authorities.
Be careful though with errors that may be hidden.
For many French people, "time is money" and taxes have understood this well.
This year, nearly 12 million tax households could benefit from the electronic tax return.
A solution adopted by many French people, but which only applies if the taxpayer has not experienced a major change in 2020. If you declared your income online last year, an email was sent this year to ask to verify the information already transmitted.
Several fields are already pre-filled by the tax administration such as family situation, income or even expenses related to the employment of an employee at home, if he is paid via CESU or by Page emploi.
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Pay attention to pre-recorded information
All the information is supplemented by an estimate of the amount of tax you owe.
However, this declaration does not take into account the expenses giving the right to tax credits.
French people who have made donations, declaring childcare or home employment costs should therefore not forget to fill in these fields if they wish these costs to be deducted from their taxes.
Another point of vigilance, the accuracy of the pre-filled information.
The tax administration announces that if an incorrect figure, provided by the latter, is validated, the declarant will then be considered responsible for this error.
However, it will be possible to rectify it without any penalty.