Filing French Income Taxes & US Income Taxes

[Samantha.]

You don't declare it all on the same form silly!! What you're declaring now is your income from Jan 1-Dec 31 2008. You need to get to the centre/hotel des impôts and ask them for the form to declare back taxes.

[reste_encore]

Ahh.. okay! Thanks! There was just a line about an amount from previous years that hasn't been deducted or something, and that threw me off. Can you tell I know nothing about filing taxes? I'll just fill out the 2008 form and then back declare next year while I'm in France. Thanks again!

[mananas]

I was an assistant this year (2008-2009). I remembered quite recently that we were supposed to file taxes, so I checked this thread on low and behold... I really, really don't want (and probably won't be able) to pay the taxe d'habitation. I was living with two French colocs and my name was definitely on the lease. Any advice? I'm no longer in France and I never received the document sent by the rectorat which Nadezhda scanned.

[lalaleslie]

I made the date for US taxes, but completely forgot about French taxes until a couple days ago and now I'm wondering whether I should go to the centre des impôts now to try and declare. I'm a renewing assistant but have never paid taxes in France before. One of my French friends said I'd have to pay a late fee or something, but on the posts here I saw several people declared late. Would it be better to wait and declare both years next year or go to the centre des impôts right away? Thanks for your help!!

[Samantha.]

Just go now - it's not a big deal and you won't be charged a late fee since you didn't make enough to have to pay taxes. And your tax return is something really useful to have here (for the CAF, finding an apt, etc).

[aurora7]

has anyone claimed student loan interest back on their taxes?

[emilyt]

has anyone claimed student loan interest back on their taxes?

American taxes? I will be this year. My dad should be taking my papers to his accountant soon, I'll let you know how it turns out.

[aurora7]

cool, thanks! i looked it up on the irs website and it seems that it'll be okay. i actually think it's going to save me from paying taxes on my assistant salary. though the irs.gov calculator said a refund no more than $25 and the h&r block calculator said $400. a bit of a difference there...haha.

[emilyt]

I didn't claim my assistant wages last year on my taxes. Accountant said I didn't have to. We will see what he says this year...

Kind of wish that I knew how to do my taxes myself. My dad is an accountant but always has someone else do our taxes, and therefore I have never learned a thing about it. This is the first year I am getting filed independently, I really hope it means I get more money back!

[sole24]

It's that time of year again!

I was an assistant last year. I just got done doing the tax forms for my assistant income and I'm getting money back BECAUSE of it. Is this normal? Someone else mentioned getting a refund. Was this because They worked in the US as well or solely based on their assistant income?

I don't know why, but it just seems wrong to be getting a refund for foreign earned income, no? I mean, yes, I guess we could be charged taxes on it just as easily so maybe it's fair, but I just want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong. Usually I qualify for the foreign exemption, so I guess I'm having a hard time believing that I'm getting money back for income that usually doesn't count.

[zachintheussr]

Yes, that's correct. And you use the amount that you actually received in your bank account. Forget about the montant imposable stuff, because that's only for France.

So, does this mean that we don't have to claim our gross salary, just our net income («NET À PAYER» from our bulletin de paye) that we actually received?

Also, when converting the € to $ amounts should we use retroactive exchange rates from the end of each month for which we were paid or just total the amount and use the rate from December 31?

Sorry, I know this may sound picky but I was calculating my refund based on our «salaire brut» and if we should be using the «NET À PAYER» then that will make quite a difference.

Thanks!

[afairc4]

I always found tax stuff confusing, even in the US. Could someone please put up a link to the form for 2009-2010? Some instructions of what to do for this year would be nice too. I'm not lazy, I promise; this stuff just confuses the hell out of me. Thanks.

[picabootori]

I'm filling out the déclaration for 2009 and I'm just a bit confused by the changements d'adresse section. I lived in Besançon as an assistant until April 1st, 2009, so in the section that says Indiquez votre adresse au 1er janvier 2009 et la date du déménagement I put my address at the IUFM and the date when I moved out in April. Is this correct?

And then for the section déménagement en 2010 - indiquez votre adresse actuelle et la date du déménagement I'm not sure what to put. I've been living in a different apartment in Mulhouse since September 2009, so should I put this address? Or do I just leave this blank? And for the date, should I put the date I plan to move out in July? Or is this section just for people who have moved in 2010?

Thanks!

[aehuff]

I always found tax stuff confusing, even in the US. Could someone please put up a link to the form for 2009-2010? Some instructions of what to do for this year would be nice too. I'm not lazy, I promise; this stuff just confuses the hell out of me. Thanks.

http://www.impots.gouv.fr/portal/dgi/pu ... rs&sfid=10

go down to "Téléchargez vos formulaires par internet" and then it's the first one, the 2042


And picabootori, don't put anything in the "demenagement en 2010" section, that's just for a move between january 2010 and now. Just make sure you put in your current address for that first section above "votre addresse au 1er janvier 2010".

[ebeep]

I have two quick questions about the French déclaration des revenues...

- if I'm technically célibataire according to tax status, but live with my boyfriend, do I need to check "vous ne vivez pas seul(e)" in the section "VOTRE SITUATION FAMILIALE"? or does it really not matter, since we do taxes separately?

- if this is my first year in France, do I have to write my old U.S. address in the "VOS CHANGEMENTS D'ADRESSE" section for 2009? technically, I moved from the U.S. to France, but maybe that doesn't count?

Thanks to anyone who can clear up these two questions for me!