The deadline for the declaration of real estate to taxes is maintained at Thursday evening

“The occupancy declarations registered on August 10 will make it possible to ensure this fall the benefit of the housing tax exemption on the main residence, and to reserve the taxation only for secondary residences and vacant premises”, assured the General Directorate of Public Finance (DGFiP).

“For those who will not have completed it by this date, the challenge is simply that beyond that, we cannot guarantee automatic integration in the 2023 taxation”, specified this direction attached to the Ministry of Public Accounts.

The DGFiP adds that “taxpayers who would be faced with taxation errors in the fall will still be able to seize the services to correct their situation and their taxation” and “that no penalty will be applied this year”.

"At the end of the campaign, it appears that more than 81% of the residential premises of small owners have had their occupancy status validated, which constitutes a result in line with expectations with regard to a new procedure", specifies- she.

On the tax site, each owner must indicate for each of his properties his situation: if it is empty, in what capacity he occupies it himself or decline the identity of a possible tenant.

The deadline for making this new declaration had been postponed three times: first set for the end of June, it had been extended until July 31, then to August 1 due to a problem accessing the tax website. before finally being set for August 10.

"These ten additional days have enabled more than 400.000 late owners to validate their occupancy status and 1,16 million additional premises have been declared", according to the DGFiP.

This specifies that a new temporary difficulty in accessing the tax website on Wednesday was not due to "overcrowding" but to "technical maintenance".

The two main unions of the DGFiP, Solidaires Public Finances and the CGT Public Finances, had respectively denounced "problems of unpreparedness" and "an announced fiasco" for the implementation of this new declaration.