Taxes on income: salaries and wages.
Salaries and wages are amounts received as compensation in connection with a contract of employment between an employee and an employer. But some income is taxed and others are not.
-The taxable income.
The first is money received by an employee in employment such as wages, bonuses at year-end tips, etc. …
Employees on sick leave or maternity leave must declare the amounts received during the year.
Job seekers also claim unemployment benefit, whether total or partial.
Retirees were not spared and their benefits are taxable.
- The non-taxable income.
Generally, the amounts not taxable are those who do not have a character of income tax within the meaning of the term.
For example, special allowances to cover the costs of employment such as reimbursement of actual expenses.
It also benefits such as family allowances, housing allowances, allowances for disabled adults … etc.
Other benefits such as income Minimal Insertion RMI allowance, return to employment, income solidarity active RSA or the personal autonomy allowance are exempt from income taxes.
Wages paid to apprentices, if they do not exceed the sum of 15,852 euros in 2008 (annual SMIC), are also exempt from income taxes in 2008.
Finally, certain amounts received by taxpayers are exempt from taxation. These are perceived concern such as salaries attached to the Legion of Honor, the deferred wages of the heir of a farmer, sums paid by the Company in connection with employee savings plan, but also benefits paid internship to a student in the limit of 3 months.
Also exempt scholarships allocated by the state, gifts of low value assigned by an employer to an employee at a family event.
Finally since 1 October 2007, overtime worked by the employee are exempt from income taxes. For the cons are on the redemption of RTT are subject to tax on income. Only social levy are exempt.