Income tax revenues increase by almost a billion euros in 2025

Last year, the net amount of income tax (after tax reduction) stood at 92.6 billion euros, an increase of 1% compared to the previous year, according to a report from the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFIP). This increase represents a lull after the strong increase observed in 2024 (9.9% over one year). In total, 42.1 million households declared their income in 2025.

Total declared income reached 1,553 billion euros - or 52% of French GDP - up 0.7% year-on-year. This progression was notably driven by salaries and retirement pensions. Salaries and wages “increased by 15 billion euros in 2025, an increase of 1.6%,” specifies the study.

For their part, “pensions and annuities increased by 13 billion, an increase of 3.3%”, twice as fast as that of salaries. Conversely, income from movable capital (shares, bonds, dividends, financial investments, etc.) fell sharply, from 70 billion euros to 61 billion euros. » READ ALSO - Income taxes: all our advice to avoid disappointments As a result, the exceptional contribution on high incomes (CEHR) - a system integrated into the income tax which targets the wealthiest households - has, for its part, experienced a spectacular decline last year.

Revenues from this contribution fell by 28%. A fall to be put in “link with income from movable capital in sharp decline, which are both more often taxed “off scale” and whose proportion in income is higher among high-income households”, explains the report. The average reference tax income (RFR) of the 10% wealthiest households is down 2%.

However, these wealthiest 10% continue to pay almost three quarters of the tax on total income (73%). In this decile, households pay on average 16,146 euros in income tax per year. » READ ALSO - Overtaxing the wealthiest to make up the deficit, the reasons for a resounding failure In total, the number of taxed households, out of the 42.1 million to have filed a declaration, is increasing (+2.1%), reaching 20.1 million.

Despite this progression, income tax continues to only concern a minority of households (48%).

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