Online tax Submissions? You Need to Opt for Something Better

The online access number can be found on the printed tax return that the tax authorities send to taxpayers who have not yet opted for paperless. If this is not the case, you should know that this number is also available on the letter sent by the tax administration for people who have chosen to no longer receive a paper declaration (or for those who have inadvertently checked the corresponding box). For young taxpayers who are declaring their income alone for the first time and who are over 20 years old, a specific document is sent to them by the tax authorities on which this number also appears.

Reference tax income (RFR)

The benchmark tax income is indicated on the last income tax notice or the last council tax notice. To enter, verify, complete or correct the income to be declared, any taxpayer needs to find the amount of his taxable income. This is on the tax certificate issued by your employer, which is why you must have it near you when you complete your income tax return. 

Indeed, the tax administration pre-fills the form 2042 K of taxable income but it also specifies that “it is up to you to check the accuracy of these amounts and if all of your salaries, wages and similar income are included”. Same thing for the automatic income tax return, you have to check the amount of income displayed, and correct them if necessary. Making use of the best alternative to turbotax is of best results there.

• For new declarants, this data is even more important since the tax administration does not pre-fill your form. The young taxpayer must then indicate the correct amount directly in the box provided for this purpose (box 1AJ).
• For retirees, you must have your tax certificate to verify the amount of pre-filled retirement pensions. This certificate will not be in the letterbox (with rare exceptions), since the certificates are not sent by La Poste, but on their personal space accessible on the website of their pension fund. Problem for those who receive several pensions, it is necessary to contact each pension fund to obtain its tax certificate and then add the total to check if the amount corresponds to the amount indicated in box 1AS (declaring 1) or 1BS (declaring 2) .

Last payslip of the year 2019

No tax certificate in sight? Where did I put this document? Don’t panic, you just have to get your hands on the last payslip of the year 2019, in other words that of December. This payslip makes it possible to obtain the annual taxable income on the line “net taxable salary” (not to be confused with the net salary to be paid) in order to compare it with the amount pre-filled by the tax authorities. For taxpayers who carry out several activities, they will have to add up the taxable income shown on each of their payslips for December.