How to correct your declaration?

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Correct your income tax return is possible this Wednesday, July 30. Each taxpayer can modify any errors or oversights. A right to make mistakes that reassures certain taxpayers. “Sometimes there are ambiguities and we say to ourselves: ‘Did I fill well, haven’t I filled well?’ To have this possibility of adjusting, I find it very good “, declares a passerby. To change your online declaration, you must go to the tax site. For paper declarations, it is only by mail.

What can you modify on your declaration? It is possible to change the amount of income or even add a forgotten tax credit. But beware, other information cannot be corrected, such as a change in family situation or address.

Taxpayers have until December 3 to rectify their declaration and thus avoid penalties. “From the moment you have corrected errors made in good faith, the financial consequences remain quite contained since it is the tax supplement that must be paid”Assures Me Olivier Janoray, associate lawyer of the Duroc Partners and member of the Circle of Taxists. After the modification, a new tax notice will be sent. Either you will pay a supplement, or the tax authorities will reimburse you. Last year, more than 600,000 individuals corrected their income tax return.