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Income Tax - First Income Tax Return

Verified 08 June 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)

You're 18 and you're not attached to your parents' tax shelter? You have to file a tax return under certain conditions.

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You were born in 2004

You have the following choices:

  • Personally declare your income received between the day of your 18 years and December 31 (or your lack of income)
  • Reattach You your parents' tax home for the year of your 18 years

You were born between 2001 and 2003

You have the following choices:

FYI  

If your parents are separated, you can relate to only one of them. It's the one that counts you as a dependant on 1er January of your 18th birthday.

You were born between 1997 and 2000

You have the following choices:

You were born before 1997

You must file your own tax return.

If you're not taxable, you still need to file a return to receive a notice of non-taxation. This document allows you to take certain steps and request certain benefits (for example, scholarship on social criteria).

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You receive a tax mail

You will receive an email in April if you meet the following conditions:

  • You're 20 and older
  • You were attached to your parents' tax home last year

You must create your particular online space with the tax number and access number provided. Choose a password and add a benchmark tax income of 0.

Taxes: access your Special Space

You don't get tax mail

You can call the tax information service to get your login credentials.

Who shall I contact

If you can't report your income online, you need to file a paper tax return.

Income Tax Return (Paper)

Tax returns via Internet is required if your principal residence is equipped with internet access and you are able to file your return online.

For 2023, the tax return is complete.

The 2024 income tax return for 2023 will begin in April 2024.

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