Taxes

2025 tax refund and balance payment: dates to remember

Publié le 01 juillet 2025 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)

The tax return makes it possible to check that the tax levied at source corresponds to the tax due. Are you eligible for a refund or will you have to pay a balance of income tax to the tax authority? Service-Public.fr informs you of the different situations and reminds you of important deadlines.

Income tax has been levied at source since the 1ster January 2019. The annual income tax return that comes out in the spring allows you to check your situation and update it if necessary. The final amount of tax payable in respect of income for the preceding year shall be determined at that time.

For the 2025 return you just filed, if the tax calculated corresponds to the amounts deducted at source in 2024, you don't have to do anything.

If the amounts do not match, you are in one of these two situations:

  • you will receive a refund of the overpayment by the tax authorities;
  • you have a balance to pay to supplement what has already been paid.

Reimbursement of overpayment

You are eligible for reimbursement if the amount withheld in 2024 as part of the withholding tax exceeds the final amount of your tax, or if you are entitled to a refund of tax credits or reductions.

The details of your tax calculation are indicated on your tax notice, available between end of july and end of august 2025, in your online space or by mail.

This refund is made by transfer to your bank account, in most cases, either on July 25, or 1er august 2025.

FYI  

The refund is made directly to the bank account that you have communicated to the General Directorate of Public Finance (DGFiP), from the July 25. Or by sending a check to your home if you have not entered a bank account. Remember to check that the bank account registered with the tax authorities is correct.

The income tax supplement or balance to be paid

You have an amount to pay as an income tax balance. This may be the case if:

  • the amounts withheld at source in 2024 are insufficient because you have not updated your withholding tax rate;
  • you received an excessive tax credit or reduction advance in january 2025.

The withholding tax rate is set by the tax administration, it corresponds to the tax rate and determines the percentage of your income collected for tax. It is calculated on the basis of the income tax return filed in the spring (on the previous year's income). It can be changed throughout the year, including when you file your income tax return.

FYI  

The amount to be paid will be directly charged to your bank account from 25 september 2025 :

  • in one go if the amount is less than or equal to € 300;
  • in 4 installments, from 25 September to 29 December 2025, if the amount is more than €300.

Warning  

To update or submit your bank details, use the "Manage my withholding tax" service in your specific area of the tax site. Or contact the Public Finance Center at: 0 809 401 401 (non-surtax call, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)

Access to your online services now requires the entry of a security code sent to you by email.

2025 calendar reminder

Tableau - The dates to remember

From 25 July to 1er august

Send and/or upload income tax notices

July 25 and 1er august

Refund of overpayments or tax reductions and credits

Up to and including 14 September

Deadline to update your bank account with the DGFiP (for September withdrawal)

September 25

Single levy of the sum remaining due which is less than or equal to € 300

25 September, 27 October, 27 November, 29 December

Withdrawal in 4 times of the amounts remaining due above 300 €

FYI  

As of 1er In September 2025, married or past-married couples will be subject to an individualized withholding tax rate, unless they explicitly choose to maintain the household rate on all their income (via the “Manage my withholding tax” tab or on the tax return).

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