Even with the implementation of income tax deduction at source, i.e. the payment of taxes at the same time as you receive your income (for retirees, the tax is thus collected by the directly on pensions), if you live in France, it is still necessary to declare your income every year to the tax authorities. This declaration must now be made via the Internet on the personal space of the tax department of each taxpayer. But what to do when you do not have a computer to connect to or when you are not comfortable with all the steps to take on the Internet? We present here the other ways to declare your income or how to get help.
The annual declaration of his income, necessary for the calculation of his taxes, must now be made online on the website of the tax services, in the “personal space” section. Nevertheless, the tax authorities allow people whose main residence does not have access to the Internet, or people who have the Internet but who are not comfortable enough to declare their income online to always have recourse to the paper form of the income tax return.
If you are in this case and you submitted your 2019 tax return on paper last year, you will receive a pre-filled paper return between April and June. On the other hand, if you have informed the tax services of a change of address or family situation since your last income tax declaration, you must contact the Public Finances center (Individual tax service) of your address to obtain this paper declaration.
This is the paper form "pre-filled declaration 2042 K" or the automatic declaration "2042 K Auto", accompanied by other forms depending on the type of income declared the last time and if you are concerned by reductions and credits. tax.
The paper tax return, accompanied by supporting documents, must be sent this year before Thursday, May 20, 2021 at midnight to the address of the tax department mentioned on the form.
To help people who do not have a computer or an Internet connection at their disposal, or who are not comfortable using the Internet to be able to complete their tax return on their own, the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFIP) is various services available to support them in their approach.
First, tax agents are available by telephone Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., by calling 0 809 401 401 (non-surcharged call). It is also possible to make an appointment to arrange a telephone interview whenever you wish.
On the other hand, the DGFIP is currently deploying in a very large number of territories what it calls new local networks (NRP), one of the objectives of which is to be as close as possible to users, in particular when declaring taxes, to help those of them who do not have the possibility of filing their income tax declaration on the Internet.
Finally, DGIP agents are also present in the “France Services” spaces set up throughout the territory. This is a program led by the Ministry of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities via the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion (ANCT). "France Services" refers to structures that bring together various public services (La Poste, Pôle emploi, National Health Insurance Fund, National Old Age Insurance Fund, National Family Allowance Fund, Mutualité Sociale Agricole), as well as three administrations ( Interior, Taxes and Justice), whose role is to be as close as possible to citizens to offer them support in their procedures.
The tax officers available in the "France Services" structures have all the necessary tools to be able to access the file of each taxpayer and help them in particular to complete their income tax declaration. Agents are also specialized in supporting people who are far from digital and their role is to guide users and carry out online procedures by their side.
