Taxes: mandatory online reporting for the rich – Le Point

Bercy had said: the declaration of Internet revenue will gradually become the norm. The government on Tuesday launched the 2016 campaign of the income tax, marked by a drop of two billion euros for some homes and the widespread return online, became mandatory for the wealthiest taxpayers. In all, some 37 million tax households will have to declare from Wednesday the income they earned in 2015, completing the pre-declaration received by mail or by visiting impots.gouv.fr, a supposed practice ramp up this year

“in 2015, 14.6 million taxpayers declared online. this is a progress since they were only 13 million in 2014. But it is still insufficient, “said Finance Minister Michel Sapin told a news conference. “In the OECD countries, two thirds of statements are dematerialized, against 40% in France, while 80% of households have an internet connection,” he added. To close this gap, the government decided to mandate this year télédéclaration for households whose income tax reference exceeds 40 000 euros, or 6.3 million households, according to Bercy.

A penalty of 15 euros

This threshold will be lowered to 28 000 in 2017 and 15 000 in 2018 before being abolished in 2019, when e-filing will be extended, according Bercy. Households that do not have internet connection or not being able to make their statements online (including the elderly) may continue to use paper statements, reporting their situation to the administration.

Those who refused wanton télédéclaration receive a warning the first year, and then another second, before incurring a penalty of 15 euros. “We are in a persuasion mechanism of confidence,” however assured Michel Sapin, before renting the “benefits” of this practice. The télédéclarants will have more time to do their télédéclaration, dates from 24 May to 7 June according to the department, against May 18th for taxpayers who use the mail.

According to Bercy, they can also receive electronically, from the statement, their opinion of declarative situation (ASDIR), to justify their income from banks and administration. According to Secretary of State for the Budget Christian Eckert-filing also enables Bercy achieve significant savings in postage. Provided however subscribe to on their personal space, the “paperless” option, that only 5 million taxpayers have at this point.

télédéclaration should facilitate passenger to the withholding of income tax, announced last year, and expected to come into force on 1 January 2018.