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How do I pay my local taxes?

Verified 10 August 2021 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)

You can choose how to pay your property taxes, house tax and contribution to the public audio-visual. However, when your tax amount exceeds €300, you must pay directly online or by direct debit.

Tax less than or equal to € 300

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Pay directly online

From your computer
On smartphone or tablet

Download the "Impots.govt" app on Google Play or App Store.

It allows you to pay by flashing the printed code at the bottom left of the 1re page of your tax notice.

Pick to maturity

The levy is automatically paid 10 days after the payment deadline on the tax notice.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

By Monthly

You can choose to pay your tax by monthly levies.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

By check

General case
  • Make your check payable to the Treasury
  • Attach the payment stub, which shows the tax references you pay
  • Send the check and heel using the return envelope attached to your notice

Mail your check to the tax office listed on the notice. You can also drop it at the service counter.

The check is cashed upon receipt.

Non-resident
  • Make your check payable to the Treasury
  • Attach the payment stub, which shows the tax references you pay
  • Send the check and heel using the return envelope attached to your notice

Send your check to the non-resident treasury for French source income only.

Who shall I contact

The check is cashed upon receipt.

By Interbank Payment Title (Sepa TIP)

The TIP is included in the tax notice.

You have to date it and sign it.

Send it to the tax office listed on the TIP.

Please note

if your bank details are not indicated on the TIP or if you wish to change them, attach a RIB: titleContent to your mail.

Payment by TIP Sepa is received upon receipt.

By wire

You must give a transfer order to your bank, indicating the bank references, the nature and maturity of the tax.

Cash

If your tax is less than or equal to €300, you can pay in cash at a partner buralist.

Make sure that your tax notice includes a "QR code" and the words "payable to a registrar".

By credit card

If your tax is less than or equal to €300, you can pay by credit card at a partner dealer.

Make sure that your tax notice includes a "QR code" and the words "payable to a registrar".

You can also pay by credit card at the tax centre:

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

Pay directly online

From your computer
On smartphone or tablet

Download the "Impots.govt" app on Google Play or App Store.

It allows you to pay by flashing the printed code at the bottom left of the 1re page of your tax notice.

Pick to maturity

The levy is automatically paid 10 days after the payment deadline on the tax notice.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

By Monthly

You can choose to pay your tax by monthly levies.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

FYI  

the calculation of the monthly payments shall apply to the sum of the residential tax and the contribution to the public audiovisual.

By check

General case
  • Make your check payable to the Treasury
  • Attach the payment stub, which shows the tax references you pay
  • Send the check and heel using the return envelope attached to your notice

Mail your check to the tax office listed on the notice. You can also drop it at the service counter.

The check is cashed upon receipt.

Non-resident
  • Make your check payable to the Treasury
  • Attach the payment stub, which shows the tax references you pay
  • Send the check and heel using the return envelope attached to your notice

Send your check to the non-resident treasury for French source income only.

Who shall I contact

The check is cashed upon receipt.

By Interbank Payment Title (Sepa TIP)

The TIP is included in the tax notice.

You have to date it and sign it.

Send it to the tax office listed on the TIP.

Please note

if your bank details are not indicated on the TIP or if you wish to change them, attach a RIB: titleContent to your mail.

Payment by TIP Sepa is received upon receipt.

By wire

You must give a transfer order to your bank, indicating the bank references, the nature and maturity of the tax.

Cash

If your tax is less than or equal to €300, you can pay in cash at a partner buralist.

Make sure that your tax notice includes a "QR code" and the words "payable to a registrar".

By credit card

If your tax is less than or equal to €300, you can pay by credit card at a partner dealer.

Make sure that your tax notice includes a "QR code" and the words "payable to a registrar".

You can also pay by credit card at the tax centre:

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

Pay directly online

From your computer
On smartphone or tablet

Download the "Impots.govt" app on Google Play or App Store.

It allows you to pay by flashing the printed code at the bottom left of the 1re page of your tax notice.

Pick to maturity

The levy is automatically paid 10 days after the payment deadline on the tax notice.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

By Monthly

You can choose to pay your tax by monthly levies.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

By check

General case
  • Make your check payable to the Treasury
  • Attach the payment stub, which shows the tax references you pay
  • Send the check and heel using the return envelope attached to your notice

Mail your check to the tax office listed on the notice. You can also drop it at the service counter.

The check is cashed upon receipt.

Non-resident
  • Make your check payable to the Treasury
  • Attach the payment stub, which shows the tax references you pay
  • Send the check and heel using the return envelope attached to your notice

Send your check to the non-resident treasury for French source income only.

Who shall I contact

The check is cashed upon receipt.

By Interbank Payment Title (Sepa TIP)

The TIP is included in the tax notice.

You have to date it and sign it.

Send it to the tax office listed on the TIP.

Please note

if your bank details are not indicated on the TIP or if you wish to change them, attach a RIB: titleContent to your mail.

Payment by TIP Sepa is received upon receipt.

By wire

You must give a transfer order to your bank, indicating the bank references, the nature and maturity of the tax.

Cash

If your tax is less than or equal to €300, you can pay in cash at a partner buralist.

Make sure that your tax notice includes a "QR code" and the words "payable to a registrar".

By credit card

If your tax is less than or equal to €300, you can pay by credit card at a partner dealer.

Make sure that your tax notice includes a "QR code" and the words "payable to a registrar".

You can also pay by credit card at the tax centre:

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

Pay directly online

From your computer
On smartphone or tablet

Download the "Impots.govt" app on Google Play or App Store.

It allows you to pay by flashing the printed code at the bottom left of the 1re page of your tax notice.

By check

General case
  • Make your check payable to the Treasury
  • Attach the payment stub, which shows the tax references you pay
  • Send the check and heel using the return envelope attached to your notice

Mail your check to the tax office listed on the notice. You can also drop it at the service counter.

The check is cashed upon receipt.

Non-resident
  • Make your check payable to the Treasury
  • Attach the payment stub, which shows the tax references you pay
  • Send the check and heel using the return envelope attached to your notice

Send your check to the non-resident treasury for French source income only.

Who shall I contact

The check is cashed upon receipt.

By Interbank Payment Title (Sepa TIP)

The TIP is included in the tax notice.

You have to date it and sign it.

Send it to the tax office listed on the TIP.

Please note

if your bank details are not indicated on the TIP or if you wish to change them, attach a RIB: titleContent to your mail.

Payment by TIP Sepa is received upon receipt.

By wire

You must give a transfer order to your bank, indicating the bank references, the nature and maturity of the tax.

Cash

If your tax is less than or equal to €300, you can pay in cash at a partner buralist.

Make sure that your tax notice includes a "QR code" and the words "payable to a registrar".

By credit card

If your tax is less than or equal to €300, you can pay by credit card at a partner dealer.

Make sure that your tax notice includes a "QR code" and the words "payable to a registrar".

You can also pay by credit card at the tax centre:

Tax over € 300

You must pay your tax online or by direct debit.

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

Pay directly online

From your computer
On smartphone or tablet

Download the "Impots.govt" app on Google Play or App Store.

It allows you to pay by flashing the printed code at the bottom left of the 1re page of your tax notice.

Pick to maturity

The levy is automatically paid 10 days after the payment deadline on the tax notice.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

By Monthly

You can choose to pay your tax by monthly levies.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

Pay directly online

From your computer
On smartphone or tablet

Download the "Impots.govt" app on Google Play or App Store.

It allows you to pay by flashing the printed code at the bottom left of the 1re page of your tax notice.

Pick to maturity

The levy is automatically paid 10 days after the payment deadline on the tax notice.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

By Monthly

You can choose to pay your tax by monthly levies.

You must have one of the following accounts, domiciled in France or Monaco:

  • Bank Account
  • Booklet A if your bank has a direct debit

You subscribe in several ways (online or at your tax office).

Répondez aux questions successives et les réponses s’afficheront automatiquement

From your computer

On smartphone or tablet

Download the "Impots.govt" app that lets you pay by flashing the printed code at the bottom left of the first page of your tax notice.