Taxes: the headache of declaring real estate

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G.De Florival, V.Chatelier, A.Creff, M.Damoy, A.Peyrout, V.Vermot-Gaud, S.Dauba, N.Leydier, N.Lachaud – France 2

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Since 2023, you have to declare the occupation of your real estate. Only half of owners have taken the step. Those who do not master computers go to the tax centers, overwhelmed.

Input error, computer bugs, long queues: declaring your property is more complicated than expected for millions of owners. The authorities have decided to postpone by one month, to July 31, the deadline for declaration. Montpellier (Herault)Tuesday, June 27, a management assistant must declare his main asset, but faces a bug, and cannot validate his declaration. Between the errors to be corrected and the lack of information, only 60% statements were recorded, according to the public finance unions.

overloaded centers

According to them, the administration should not have favored the online declaration, which is too complex for some owners, who are storming the tax centers. Faced with the influx, agents urgently organized unofficial paper forms. We are left with a certain number of taxpayers who file paper, [ce] which requires input by our colleagues“, explains Anne Guyot-Welke, national secretary of Solidaires finances publics.


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