Vanman

Krusty: the P85 isn't compulsory, and in some circumstances it's not very helpful. I moved here at the beginning of this calendar year (2008) and sent in my 2007/8 UK tax return with HS304, claiming split year treatment, and I got the tax refund fairly soon afterwards. I think completing the NR pages on the return, and HS304, gives HMRC much the same information as is on the P85. I asked about the French tax returns because all the written stuff I could track down focused on the latest French filing dates, rather than the earliest ones.

I am new to the forum (and fairly new to France) so I apologise if this has been dealt with elsewhere. I can see that I can't start the FD5 process until I submit my first French tax return. My first return - for 2008 - will be pretty simple, and in principle I'll have all the figures to do so in early January. But how soon will the Hotel des Impots release the tax return forms for 2008? Will I have to wait until March/April/May?