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Author: France Accountants

Posted on April 6, 2020November 23, 2020

COVID-19: Tax return deadline updates

We hope that all is well with you and you and your family are staying safe and sane through these difficult times !

The new return filing dates and deadlines, which have been put back this year because of the Coronavirus crisis, are as follows:

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Posted on March 30, 2020November 23, 2020

Declaration des Revenus 2020- Coronavirus

We hope that all is well with you, and that you and your family are keeping well through these very difficult times.

The French government have introduced fiscal measures to help alleviate the financial difficulties caused by COVID-19 but these apply principally to French resident businesses.

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Posted on April 25, 2019November 23, 2020

The 2019 manual income tax returns have been released !

For first-year taxpayers who cannot file online, this will come as good news. In previous years the Tax Office has not released the manual returns until the start of May, which is only about two weeks before the filing deadline !

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Posted on April 12, 2019November 23, 2020

2019 Declaration des Revenus online filing system now open !

Since this Wednesday 10th April, the online filing system at www.impots.gouv.fr for the filing of the annual personal income tax returns for the tax year 2018 has been open.

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Posted on March 14, 2019November 23, 2020

2019 income tax – Impôt sur le Revenu

Tax year 2018, to be declared in 2019

The provisional presentation deadlines, to be confirmed by the Tax Office by early April, are as follows:

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Posted on March 14, 2019November 23, 2020

2019 tax changes for non-residents

Increase in fixed tax rate

For non-residents with French income, for instance rental income, the fixed rate of 20% remains for income up to 27,519 Euros. However above this amount, the tax rate has increased to 30%. Given the numbers involved, this change is unlikely to affect many single property owners.

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Posted on April 17, 2018November 23, 2020

French income tax returns for the year 2017- Declaration des Revenus

French Income and Wealth Tax returns

Tax year 1st January – 31st December 2017

Income Tax (Impôt sur le Revenu)

Both residents of France and non-residents with French property or income are obliged to submit an annual income tax return.

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Posted on March 28, 2017November 23, 2020

Deadlines for the 2017 annual French tax returns- Declaration d´Impôts sur les Revenus

The 2017 deadlines have just been released:

Online filing- system open 12th April

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Posted on February 14, 2017November 23, 2020

2017 French income tax returns for the tax year 2016

Another year has gone by and we are preparing for the high season for the annual tax returns which, thanks to an increase in traffic from our new website franceaccountants.com which is both mobile- and tablet- friendly, will be our busiest to date.

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Posted on January 16, 2017November 23, 2020

Registration of foreign companies for French VAT

If your company is already registered elsewhere in the EU and requires to register for VAT in France, including obtaining an EU Intracommunity  number, the process is reasonably straightforward compared to other EU countries such as Spain.

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July 2023

  • Modelo 210: tax for non-residents with Spanish property
  • How to obtain a personal FNMT Digital Certificate in Spain- 2023 guide
  • Our Spanish tax / VAT registration for foreign companies- update
  • Obtaining a Digital Certificate in Spain- very useful !

February 2023

  • Finally the system for autónomo contributions has been reformed ! But it’s not going to make many people happy ….

March 2022

  • 2022 Declaration des Revenus for the tax year 2021
  • Renta 2021- the time has almost arrived !

February 2021

  • Becoming a Spanish Resident: Tax obligations
  • Autonomo deregistration

January 2021

  • Alternatives to Spanish company formation for non-resident companies
  • Alternatives to Spanish company formation for resident and non-resident individuals
  • The new EU VAT E-Commerce Package- big changes are on the way !

December 2020

  • Spanish Residents: What is the Modelo 720?

November 2020

  • Claiming a tax refund from selling your Spanish Property

October 2020

  • French tax residency—when you need to pay tax in France
  • Brexit: changes in tax for non-resident property owners in Spain
  • Tax on Rental Income: Non-Residents in France
  • French VAT registration for foreign companies

September 2020

  • Autónomo Tax Obligations: Returns and Deadlines
  • How to claim expenses if you work from home as Autónomo
  • Registering as an Autónomo / Self-employed in Spain
  • Tax guide for Non-resident owners of Spanish Property
  • What is the Valor Catastral of my Spanish property?
  • Spanish VAT for foreign companies
  • Autónomos guide to invoicing: How to Invoice your clients and when to charge VAT
  • Amazon Sellers: Activating your Spanish VAT number as an intra-community operator

August 2020

  • Battling against the Spanish Tax Office. Part 2- appeals.

April 2020

  • COVID-19: Tax return deadline updates
  • Autonomos update- coronavirus

March 2020

  • Declaration des Revenus 2020- Coronavirus
  • Autonomos: Coronavirus
  • Renta 2020: Coronavirus

October 2019

  • Battling against the Spanish Tax Office- it shouldn’t have to be like this ! Part 1.

June 2019

  • VIES registration in Spain- finally good news !

April 2019

  • The 2019 manual income tax returns have been released !
  • 2019 Declaration des Revenus online filing system now open !
  • Renta 2018 filing opens tomorrow !

March 2019

  • 2019 income tax – Impôt sur le Revenu
  • 2019 tax changes for non-residents

December 2018

  • No approved tax rates for 2019 yet ….

August 2018

  • Spanish businesses registering on the VIES
  • Spanish income tax changes for the year 2019 ?

April 2018

  • French income tax returns for the year 2017- Declaration des Revenus

September 2017

  • Hacienda squeezes even tighter- filing deadline for Modelo 347 changed.
  • The New Autonomo Law
  • Amplification of our services and reduction of costs to our clients. Part 2: Registration for autonomo Social Security
  • Amplification of our services and reduction of costs to our clients. Part 1: Company formation in Spain

April 2017

  • 2016 Renta- the time has arrived !

March 2017

  • Deadlines for the 2017 annual French tax returns- Declaration d´Impôts sur les Revenus

February 2017

  • 2017 French income tax returns for the tax year 2016

January 2017

  • Modelo 720- Declaration of Foreign Assets- 2017 update
  • Registration of foreign companies for French VAT
  • 2017 income tax rates in France, for income earned in the year 2016

November 2016

  • Spain Accountants- our new payroll service

October 2016

  • Registering as an Intracommunity Operator in Spain – VIES

August 2016

  • Social Charges- Revenge of the Sith

March 2016

  • 2015-16 French tax returns- the Tax Office has released the filing dates.
  • 2015-16 French tax return release dates- update
  • French tax- the forms explained

February 2016

  • The Empire Strikes Back- Social Charges to be reintroduced for non-residents !
  • Modelo 720- Declaration of Foreign Assets- technical details
  • Modelo 720- Declaration of foreign assets – update
  • Andalucia gets tough on holiday rentals
  • Changes in Spanish tax for the year 2016
  • Filing of the 2015 income tax returns – Renta

March 2015

  • La Renta- 2015 tax calendar (for the tax year 2014).

February 2015

  • Non-residents: subtle changes to the taxation of non-rented property
  • 2015 tax changes- a summary

November 2014

  • The 2015 tax changes have just been published
  • Agencia Tributaria update: Hacienda gets unreasonably tough.

March 2014

  • Foreign companies: registering for VAT in Spain
  • 2014 residents tax returns
  • Frontalier tax returns

February 2014

  • Non-residents with French rental income- which tax returns to file ?
  • Modelo 720- Declaration of Foreign Assets (Declaración informativa sobre bienes y derechos situados en el extranjero).

January 2014

  • 2014 tax updates

December 2013

  • Notificaciones Electronicas/ Dirección Electrónica Habilitada (DEH)
  • Non-residents with Spanish property: Calculating and paying the tax due
  • Non-residents: Claiming the tax refund on the sale of your Spanish property
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