peds Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hello, I have a quick question for anyone who doesn't mind helping me out. Sorry for not searching through for any advice already posted - I am running back and forth between my friendly local treasury. Please don't hate me for not searching!I filled in a tax return in June, but accidentally put the wrong cumul imposable in the box - I wrote 20 000 (with an after-%-knocked-off of around 18 500) instead of 14 000. Got an avis back saying I owed 1200, took it into the tax office and pointed out the mistake, with the correct number, and he sent it off for re-assessment. With the % knocked off, I had a taxable income of 12644 euros. I got a new avis back recently, saying that I had been awarded a relief of 1000, leaving just 200 to pay. Now, my girlfriend, who also had a taxable income of around 12300, was awarded nearly 600 euros back. For that tax year, 2010, we were both employed at the same place (a restaurant), paid the same contributions (we are fully in the system), and filed our tax returns at exactly the same time.Can anyone clear up just why I've been told to pay 200 euro, whilst she has been given 600 euro back? It isn't making any sense to me.As a further confusion, yesterday I got yet another avis saying that I owed 450 habitax, and 123 for a TV licence. I just signed a bit of paper at the treasury saying that I don't have a TV (I honestly don't), so that is scratched off, but the avis still has the 18 500 taxable income written on it, instead of the 12 644... surely the whole document is null and void? I know the habitax isn't worked out as a part of your income, more from an intricate system of guesswork and prayer, but I was under the impression that I was in a tax bracket for whom habitax wasn't applicable...Please, someone, help!Many many thanks, all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 The Taxe d'habitation is payable if your income is over a certain amountle revenu fiscal de référence qui figure sur l’avis d’impôt sur les revenus 2010 ne doit pas être supérieur à 10 024 euros pour la première part de quotient familialAs for tax I calculate that on 14000 you should have paid a total of 425€ There is 10% taken off to get you to the figure you quote, but that still takes you over the 10024 figure for the taxe d'habitation.As for the difference between you and your gf I suggest you both try my spreadsheet for calculating French tax liability and see how you compare.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peds Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Hi Norman, thanks for the speedy reply. For tax, I'm working on 14049, which becomes 12644, which leaves 431, and a "decote" of -224 (which I'm ecstatic with, but not even sure why I get it), leaving me 207. I suppose I'm happy enough to pay it, but I simply don't understand why I'm in the red by 207 when my lovely lady has the magic numbers of 13676, becomes 12308, giving 384 decote -247, leaving 137. She then gets a further discount of -729, turning it into 592 in her favour. Surely there can't be that much difference between her tax and mine, given the difference in taxable income of barely 300 euros?I found your [url=http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/2605177/ShowPost.aspx]speadsheet[/url], I'll give it a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinabee Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Has your girlfriend claimed actual expenses for work travel etc, rather than the standard 10% reduction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peds Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Nope, nothing like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinabee Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 The only other deduction I can think of is the "CSG deductible" from a previous year . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I am also stumped on the two decotes...Is there nothing to explain them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I think that you need to put both your submissions side by side and just see where they differ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Could she have ticked the box on the tax form for "Prime pour l'emploi" and you didn't? This might explain a reimbursement for her whilst you're paying tax.Lou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikep Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 Sorry, I don't understand how she can get 600 euros back if she hasn't paid anything. Is tax stopped out of your pay before you get it? If so, maybe that's where the difference arises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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