June is just around the corner! While this month heralds the return of fine weather and the arrival of summer, it also has a number of new features and changes in store for us, including an increase in the usury rate, a new forest weather forecast, the deadline for tax returns, not to mention the end of the regulated gas tariff... Let's take a look at the upheavals and innovations awaiting you in France from June 1, 2023.
Don't miss these final deadlines for declaring your income! Departments numbered 20 to 54 have until 11:59 p.m. on June 1 to finalize their tax returns. Those numbered 55 and over (including Île-de-France) still have until June 8 to complete their paperwork, before incurring a surcharge.
This year, property owners must also take a few extra steps to declare their real estate to the tax authorities. This declaration concerns 34 million property owners in France. Failure to declare property correctly or in full may result in a fine of 150 euros. To declare your property, go to your personal space on the impots.gouv website, then click on the "property" tab.
As of June 1, the usury rate for home loans has been raised to 4.68% for fixed-rate loans of 20 years or more. The usury rate " corresponds to the maximum legal interest rate that credit institutions are authorized to charge when granting a loan ", explains the Banque de France website.
If you haven't already applied for the wood energy voucher, you only have a few hours left to do so! Applications close on June 1. This government subsidy is reserved for low-income households.
An important stage is about to begin for high school students and young students undergoing retraining. Parcoursup opens its admission phase this June 1 at 7pm. Some 917,000 applicants are waiting to find out which establishment, which course will accept them for the next academic year.
Météo France launches its "Forest Weather" program. This program, broadcast daily until the end of September, warns of forest fire risks in mainland France.
In the summer of 2022, the government introduced a rent cap to protect tenants, SMEs and retailers from high inflation. This measure is due to expire on June 1... Unless the proposed law put forward by Renaissance MP Thomas Cazenave is adopted. The Gironde MP wants to extend the cap until the first quarter of 2024.
It should now be much easier to cancel a contract online. The new law requires professionals to facilitate the cancellation of customer contracts from the user's personal space. This "three-click" cancellation facility currently applies to insurance contracts, and should soon be extended to energy, magazine and Internet contracts...
You have just one month left to choose a new gas contract. The regulated gas tariff ends on July 1, 2023. Beneficiaries of this scheme therefore have until June 30 to change and choose a "market" contract, with one of the available suppliers.
