Income tax - What is the tax notice used for?

Verified 01 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

Your opinion justifies your income with banks and administrations.

If you are tax-free, it entitles you to certain social rights.

Your tax notice also shows your average tax rate.

This is the rate used for your withholding tax.

Starting in 2023, your tax notice will also show your marginal tax rate.

That's the rate at which you're taxed for the highest income bracket.

If you file online, you can get a status report as soon as you file your tax return.

If you reported your income online, you can get a income tax status report as soon as your statement is complete.

The status notice can be used without waiting to receive thetax advice.

In the summer following your tax return, you receive a income tax notice.

If you are not taxable, you receive a status report.

Warning

thenotice of non-taxation no longer exists. The status report replaces it.

L'notice of assessment or situation is sent to you by mail.

If you have not received it, you can get it in your particular space on the website impots.gouv.fr.

In the summer following your tax return, you receive a income tax notice.

If you are not taxable, you receive a status report.

L'notice of assessment or situation is sent to you by mail.

If you have not received it, you can get it in your particular space on the website impots.gouv.fr.

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