How your income tax is calculated
Publié 05/05/2017 Lecture 2 minutes
Your income tax is calculated using the progressive income tax scale and factoring in income splitting (quotient familial). For any income earned after your departure, you will be taxed at a minimum rate of 20%.
Just as for residents of France, your income tax is calculated using the progressive income tax scale and factoring in income splitting.
As a non-resident, French income that you earned after leaving France liable for tax in France under the international tax treaty signed between France and your country of residence will be taxed at a minimum rate of 20% (14.4% for income earned in France's overseas départements) or 30% (20% for income earned in France's overseas départements) over the 29 315 € threshold (defined for the 2024 incomes). French and foreign income (worldwide income) that you earned prior to leaving France is liable for tax as for French residents.
For example: if you left France in 2024, you would be taxed in 2025 like a French resident on worldwide income earned between 1 January 2024 and the date of your departure, and like a non-resident from the date of your departure until 31 December 2024. In 2026, under international tax treaties, you would be taxed like a non-resident only on your French 2025 earnings taxable in France.
Please note : you cannot use the income tax calculator on the impots.gouv.fr website. At present, the calculator is only for residents of France.
The text "minimum 20% tax rate applied" will appear on your tax notice for your earnings that are taxable as a non-resident.
This rate may be adjusted downward if you can prove that the French tax rate on all of your worldwide earnings (i.e. both French and non-French) would be less than 20% or 30% (or less than 14.4% or 20% for income earned in France's overseas départements).
The text "average tax rate applied" will appear on your tax notice for your earnings that are taxable at this rate as a non-resident.
To find out more about the average tax rate and how to read your tax notice, please refer to the factsheet "What is the average tax rate and do I qualify for it ?".
DINR PART – FEBRUARY 21, 2025