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You file a personal French tax return

Filing my income tax return

First establish whether you are taxable in France, estimate your tax on the scale with your household shares, weigh the standard allowance against actual expenses, understand your withholding rate and social levies, then fill in form 2042 — 12 steps, with sourced figures.

Start here: Filing your French income tax return

Understand: tax residence, from gross pay to taxable income, the scale and household shares

  1. Step 1 of 12
    CoursePaid individually26 min

    Filing your French income tax return

    From gross pay to net taxable income, the 2026 scale bracket by bracket, then form 2042 and the withholding rate: three worked modules following Nadia from payslip to balance. All the prose is free to read; only the quizzes are sold.
  2. Step 2 of 12
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    Settling your tax domicile

    The two regimes of article 4 A, the three alternative criteria of article 4 B of which one suffices, then what a non-resident still declares as French-source income. Three modules on an expatriation where the family stayed in France. All the prose is free to read; the case study and quizzes are sold.
  3. Step 3 of 12
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    Deducting your professional expenses

    The 10 % allowance applied without being asked for and the threshold to beat, the mileage scale that is not progressive despite its three bands, and the 40 km rule beyond which you must explain yourself. Three modules on a 42 000 € salary. All the prose is free to read; the case study and quizzes are sold.
  4. Step 4 of 12
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    Taxing your investment income

    The single flat-rate levy split into its two tiers — 12.8 % of income tax and 18.6 % of social levies —, the two reduced 17.2 % rates that survive, and the election for the progressive scale worth 833.76 € in the 11 % band. Three modules on 12 000 € of dividends. All the prose is free to read; the case study and quizzes are sold.

Compute: household shares, scale, actual expenses, withholding rate, investment income, CSG-CRDS

  1. Step 5 of 12
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    Family quotient calculator: tax shares and capping

    A household has 1 or 2 shares, plus half a share for each of the first two dependent children and a full share from the third; the tax saving from these additional shares is capped per half-share.
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    French income tax (progressive scale)

    Estimate your French income tax on the official indexed 2026 scale (11%, 30%, 41% and 45% brackets), with a capped family quotient and the low-income reduction.
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    Actual expenses vs 10% standard deduction

    Enter your taxable net salary and the total of your justified actual expenses: the calculator applies the 10% standard deduction within its minimum and maximum, compares it to your actual expenses and keeps the higher deduction.
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    French withholding tax (PAS) simulator

    Estimate your withholding-tax rate from the 2026 scale, or apply the rate sent by the French tax administration.
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    French flat tax (PFU) on capital income

    Compute the French flat tax on your investment income: 12.8% income tax + 18.6% social levies, i.e. 31.4%.
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    CSG-CRDS calculator (France)

    Compute CSG and CRDS by income type — employment, pension or capital — at the current rates.

File: form 2042, then the 2042-C schedule of additional income

  1. Step 11 of 12
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    French form 2042 — income-tax return

    The annual individual return: deadlines by département, key boxes (salaries, capital, property), annexes, flat-tax vs scale option and mistakes to avoid.
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    Form 2042-C — complementary income tax return

    The annex to the 2042 for what the main return does not carry: gains on cryptocurrencies (3AN/3BN, election 3CN), exempt income for the effective rate (1AC), tax credits on foreign income (8VL to 8UM), European or Swiss social affiliation (8SH/8SI) — and what goes elsewhere (2042-C-PRO, 2042-RICI).

The other paths

A different procedure, the same principle: the three pillars in order.

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