2023 French income tax return - do you need to have filed your UK tax return first or not?
I’m just looking at the 2023 French income tax return. 鈥ㄢ��
In the past I’ve had a UK accountant do my UK return as soon as the UK FY ended (5th April), then passed this straight to a French accountant to file my French income tax return by the May deadline.
鈥ㄢ�═he French accountant said it was necessary to have the UK one done first to have the figures. 鈥ㄢ��
I’m hoping to do both myself this year, but I just found out that there is a delay of a few weeks for the paper forms to arrive from the UK. I hadnt realised, but it is not possible to file it online if you are a non-UK tax resident and not an accountant.鈥ㄢ��
The forms will arrive mid to end of May - so cutting it v fine regarding the French income tax deadline. 鈥ㄢ��
My questions are: 鈥ㄢ��
1. can you please clarify the deadline for the French income tax return? I live in Ariege (09) and believe it is the 25th of May bu wanted to double check this.鈥�
2. Regarding my UK income - do I just need the gross or net total (which I have already) to be able to include this in the French tax return?
Or do I need the UK return actually completed and filed for some reason, prior to filling in my French return?
I am unsure as this is what my French accountant asked for, but I would have thought I could just fill in the UK earning totals without having yet completed the UK return.
This impacts on whether I continue the route of trying to do both myself, or opt-out and take the easy/ expensive route of passing it over to a uk and french accountant again if the UK one must be filed prior and thus the timeline won’t work out.
鈥ㄢ�↖ hope this is clear enough!
Many thanks in advance - always super appreciate your guidance!
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