Nursing or schooling costs, additional shares … Having children can allow you to reduce your tax. Conditions, procedures, calendar: here is everything you need to know to fulfill your income tax return as a parent.
When you are a parent, some expenses related to children can lighten the tax bill. Childcare,, tuition,, Home in leisure center,, alimony for adult children,, isolated parent… So many situations that allow you to benefit from a reduction or a tax credit when completing your income tax return. But having children also allows you to enjoy the family quotienta mechanism that increases the number of shares in your tax household. The more dependent children, the more this system reduces your tax. A significant advantage for families, just like the tax attachment.
This year, the deadlines to declare its income from 2024 online vary according to your department: until May 22 for departments 1 to 19, until May 29 for departments 20 to 54, and until June 5 for departments 55 to 976 (DOM included). Taxpayers who declare their income on paper have until May 20, 2025 to send their form. Here are all the rules to know to declare your income correctly when you are a parent, as well as the 2025 tax calendar:
An adult child can be attached to the tax household of his parents if he meets certain conditions. If he is under 21 years old on January 1, 2024, tax attachment is possible without condition. Between 21 and 25 years old, it can be attached if it pursues studies on this date. This attachment allows parents to benefit from an increase in the number of shares for the calculation of the family quotient, which can reduce tax. However, the income received by the child should be added to those of the home.
If the child is married, PACS or has children, the attachment does not give the right to an additional share, but to a reduction on the taxable income of the parents. For the imposition of the 2024 income, this reduction is 6,794 euros per attached person (the child, his spouse and their children).
