Jotty

[quote user="Sunday Driver"][quote user="Jotty"]It always pays to check our Avis d'imposition. Twice the tax office have got mine wrong, by forgetting to take 2047 into account. The first time I didn't notice, and suddenly got a huge rebate on my Taxe d'habitation, since I was no longer above the ceiling at which you pay it, so I had to explain and pay it again. This time I have noticed, emailed them and now received an corrected Avis, so I won't have that problem. It shows that they are not infallible, and could even err in the other direction. [/quote] There should be no case of the tax office getting things wrong by 'forgetting' to take the 2047 into account. The 2047 is the form for declaring foreign revenues and for calculating the basis of the final figures that you transfer to the actual 2042 tax declaration. If the 2047 has been completed correctly and the totals transferred correctly to the 2042, then that should be it.  If certain information on the 2047 has been incorrectly transferred to or omitted from the 2042 then that's not really the fault of the tax office....[/quote] But it hadn't!.. I have the  electronic cerificate showing that I had submitted both forms, and I have copies of both. I have been doing this for many years and understand completely how to do it. Here is the the message from the Tax office: Monsieur, Vous allez recevoir très prochainement un avis rectificatif pour vos revenus perçus à l'étranger. Veuillez recevoir, Monsieur, mes salutations distinguées. L’Agent Administratif Principal des ImpôtsThe correct Avis has now arrived. My message is simply that the Tax office can and do make mistakes, and even dogmatic assertions made in ignorance of the situation don't change that, even they are  uttered 'ex Cathedra' by an amateur 'expert'.

I think the answer is on the same page: Conditions de ressources  Le montant du revenu fiscal de référence de l'année précédente ne doit pas excéder certaines limites (pour la taxe d'habitation 2008, son montant est fixé en métropole à   9 560 EUR   pour la 1ère part du quotient familial, majoré de  2 553 EUR   pour chaque demi-part supplémentaire).   Cette limite n'est pas exigée pour les titulaires de l'allocation supplémentaire (FNS).  A noter : la majoration pour demi-part est divisée par deux en cas de quart de part pour les enfants en résidence alternée. 

It always pays to check our Avis d'imposition. Twice the tax office have got mine wrong, by forgetting to take 2047 into account. The first time I didn't notice, and suddenly got a huge rebate on my Taxe d'habitation, since I was no longer above the ceiling at which you pay it, so I had to explain and pay it again. This time I have noticed, emailed them and now received an corrected Avis, so I won't have that problem. It shows that they are not infallible, and could even err in the other direction. On the point of how much tax is paid respectively in France and the UK, don't for get that French pensioners continue to pay Social Security charges, a  not inconsiderable sum, as well as Income tax, so that should be taken into account. Someone on a UK local government pension, an Old Age pension, and with an E121 is getting the basic health cover paid for by the UK. He or she is only paying UK income tax, and possibly a small French income tax on the OAP part. A French pensioner pays Social security charges AND French income tax. Of course the both  French and English pensioner  might decide to pay for a mutuelle, but they are equal in that.