Tax declaration of real estate: the public finance unions are up in arms

"The receptions are overflowing, the services are congested, the agents are exhausted and can no longer take it", denounced in a press release the CFDT Public Finances.

In a leaflet, the FO - Directorate General of Public Finances (DGFiP) underlined the "nightmare of the Manage My Real Estate campaign" (GMBI), which provides that each owner must indicate, on the tax site, the situation of each of his property.

Solidaires, the leading union in public finance, for its part asked for a "stop" to dematerialization, describing "unacceptable" the choice, by the DGFiP, not to offer the possibility of a paper declaration.

“When will the General Directorate of Public Finances finally admit the GMBI disaster and the suffering of the agents”, wondered the CGT on its Facebook page last Thursday, the day before the announcement, by Bercy, of the postponement the deadline for declarations.

Friday, "given the influx of declarations", the ministry had announced an additional month for the compulsory procedure, put in place since January 1 to identify the premises exempt from the habituation tax, removed for all of the main residences in 2023.

The declaration had to be made until June 30 and can be made until July 31 inclusive.

"This announcement of postponement under duress is very late and badly conceals the fact that we have, once again, knowingly sent the agents to the pipe breaker", protested FO.

Solidaires had mentioned "a number of physical and telephone contacts never seen at this time of year", with in particular "more than 94.000 calls on June 16".

The influx of taxpayers to public finance centers resulted in "unusually long queues" and "the number of physical and telephone contacts literally exploded", also detailed FO.

"Like any new declarative obligation, it generates questions, questions", acknowledged Director General of Public Finance Jérôme Fournel, indicating that "a little less than 20% of the questions asked" at the tax centers were linked to the GMBI campaign. .