Income tax: here is how much the tax authorities will pay on January 15 to 9 million households

If you have incurred expenses eligible for a tax advantage in 2023, you will receive a transfer from the tax administration on January 15, 2025. With an average amount of 639 euros, it will benefit just over 9 million households this year.

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Good news for your cash flow. Next January 15, you may have a nice surprise when you look at your bank account. It is in fact on this date that the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) will pay theadvance on tax reductions and credits. A payment which will take the form of a bank transfer labeled “ADVANCE CREDIMPOT”. And the sum in question is likely to be substantial since, according to Bercy, the 9 million tax households concerned will then receive 639 euros on average. An amount which corresponds to “60% of the total reductions and tax credits declared in spring 2024 for expenses incurred in 2023”specifies the Ministry of the Economy and Finance in a press release released this Wednesday, January 8.

Indeed, as a reminder, if you make donations to associations, use a employee at homehave your children looked after outside your home, incur expenses for accommodation or have a loved one accommodated in a nursing home or as part of a rental investment scheme (Pinel, Loc’Avantages, etc.), you then benefit from a credit or tax reduction. A tax benefit which is paid to you in part at the start of the year, in mid-January, up to 60% of your expenses and within the limits of certain ceilings. Note that the tax payment takes into account “any immediate advances of personal services tax credit already received in 2024”specifies Bercy.

The amount of your advance can be consulted on impots.gouv.fr

To find out precisely the amount that will be paid to you, remember to check your mailbox. The tax authorities will very soon put a document online on the website impots.gouv.frin your particular space, specifying the amount that will be transferred to you, as well as the payment methods (by transfer or, if your details are unknown to the tax authorities, by check by the end of January). An email will be sent to you shortly beforehand to notify you of the posting of this information online.

Please note, the tax authorities are based on your 2023 expenses declared in spring 2024, if you reduced your expenses last year, or stopped them completely, you will have to reimburse the difference. At the end of the 2024 income tax returnin spring 2025, the tax authorities will carry out a regularization which will give rise to a collection on September 25 if the overpayment is less than 300 euros. For a higher amount, four withdrawals will be made between September and December 2025.