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Income Tax - Reporting Retirement Pensions
Verified 06 June 2024 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Flat-rate or proportional reduction applied on the basis of a tax calculation (income, value of property, etc.)
A group of people who complete a single tax return (e.g., spouse, dependent children)
Are you receiving a retirement pension or other old age benefit? These amounts are subject to income tax. However, some pensions are exempt. We'll tell you what you need to know.
What applies to you ?
You must declare the following:
- Retirement pensions paid by compulsory basic and supplementary schemes, by special schemes (e.g. SNCF) and byState
- Retirement pensions paid by those schemes
- Pensions paid by compulsory supplementary company pension schemes
- Pensions paid to local elected officials by theIrcantec
The amount of retirement pensions you received is pre-filled on your return online revenue.
You just have to check that amount and correct it if it's incorrect.
The tax authority automatically applies a abatement of 10% on the reported total amount of pensions.
The amount of the rebate must be within the following range:
- Minimum: €442 per pensioner
- Maximum: €4,321 by tax shelter
FYI
the early retirement allowances shall be taxed in accordance with the rules of wages and salaries.
The 2024 income tax return for 2023 is complete.
The 2025 2024 Income Tax Return will begin in april 2025.
Tax returns via Internet is required if your principal residence is equipped with internet access and you are able to file your return online.
The 2024 income tax return for 2023 is complete.
The 2025 2024 Income Tax Return will begin in april 2025.
You must declare the following:
- Surcharges for dependants
- War Campaign Enhancements (Increase in Pension for Veterans)
- Additional benefits paid by pension schemes (e.g. education benefits, death benefits)
- Benefits in kind (e.g. housing, free or discounted electricity)
The amount of retirement pensions you received is pre-filled on your online tax return.
You just have to check that amount and correct it if it's incorrect.
FYI
the third-party assistance surcharge is not not to be declared.
The tax authority automatically applies a abatement of 10% on the reported total amount of pensions.
The amount of the rebate must be within the following range:
- Minimum: €442 per pensioner
- Maximum: €4,321 by tax shelter
You do not have to report the following:
- Solidarity allowance for the elderly (Aspa)
- Supplementary Invalidity Allowance (Asi)
- Minimum old-age allowances
Please note
You have to declare an old-age pension paid by the social security, the amount of which does not exceed €3,936.90 per year, only if your annual resources exceed:
- €12,144.24 for a single person
- €18,853.92 for a couple
You must declare pension benefits paid in capital form, in particular the lump sum payment (which replaces a small pension, for example in the supplementary scheme Agirc-Arco).
If the pension benefits are paid in the form of capital, you can opt for one of the following methods of taxation:
- Imposition of the quotient system
- Levy at rate of 7.5%under certain conditions
The levy at the 7.5% is possible if you meet the following conditions:
- The principal payment is made in 1
- The contributions that you paid were deductible from income taxable.
The collection of 7.5% is calculated on the amount of capital after a reduction of 10%.
FYI
this also applies to the capital payment at the exit of a Popular Retirement Savings Plan (Perp).
You must declare the widow's allowance.
The tax authority automatically applies a abatement of 10% on the reported total amount of pensions.
The amount of the rebate must be within the following range:
- Minimum: €442 per pensioner
- Maximum: €4,321 by tax shelter
Allowances paid to certain veterans are declare.
The tax authority automatically applies a abatement of 10% on the reported total amount of pensions.
The amount of the rebate must be within the following range:
- Minimum: €442 per pensioner
- Maximum: €4,321 by tax shelter
FYI
the veteran's retirement and the mutual pension of veterans (up to a maximum) are exempt income tax.
You must not not to declare recognition allowance (paid in annuity or capital).
You must not not to declare the vetérance's allowance.
Who can help me?
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Taxable pensions (section 79), exempt amounts (section 81)
10 % reduction (Article 158), option for the flat-rate levy of 7,5 % for benefits paid in the form of capital (Article 163a)
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