8 recurring TVA obligations — returns, payments and listings — each with its due rule and official source, plus the dates new France rules take effect.
12 published dates, 24 Jan 2026 to 24 Dec 2026Verified 2026-08-14
Who files
Businesses under the régime réel normal — turnover above €840,000 for goods or €254,000 for services, legally excluded from the régime simplifié, or by option — that file monthly, meaning they have not taken the quarterly option available below €4,000 of annual VAT payable. Payment accompanies the return: CGI article 1692 requires the tax to be paid at the moment of filing, so there is no separate payment date.
Notes
DGFiP publishes this as a WINDOW, not a date, and the window's closing date is not computable: 24 January and 24 October 2026 are Saturdays yet published unshifted, while August closes on the 25th. These dates are therefore transcribed month by month from DGFiP's published calendar rather than derived, and the list deliberately stops at 24 December 2026 because DGFiP has published no 2027 régime réel normal entry. Non-established EU businesses identified in France file by the 19th; consolidated-payment groups and returns carrying import VAT file by the 24th.
Businesses under the régime simplifié d'imposition (RSI), filing form 3517-S for the calendar year. Businesses with a non-calendar financial year file the CA12-E within 3 months of their year end.
Notes
ENDING: the régime simplifié is abolished from 1 January 2027 by article 38 of loi n° 2025-127 du 14 février 2025, which repeals CGI articles 302 septies A and 302 septies AA. The CA12 filed in May 2027 for FY2026 is the last one. The rule is the 2nd working day after 1 May, which lands on a different date each year — 5 May in 2026, confirmed from the May 2026 calendrier fiscal rather than derived. The régime réel normal has NO annual reconciliation return; the CA12 is RSI-only.
“si l'exercice correspond à l'année civile (clôture au 31 décembre N), la déclaration de régularisation annuelle doit être télétransmise au plus tard le 2ᵉ jour ouvré qui suit le 1er mai N+1 (formulaire n° 3517-S modèle CA12)”
Captured from DGFiP (impots.gouv.fr) on 2026-08-14
Acomptes de TVA — RSI instalments (form 3514)
TVA · Bi-annually · payment
2 published dates, 24 Jul 2026 to 24 Dec 2026Verified 2026-08-14
Who files
Régime simplifié filers, who pay two instalments toward the annual liability: 55% in July and 40% in December, each calculated on the previous year's tax.
Notes
ENDING: these are the LAST TWO acomptes. The régime simplifié is abolished from 1 January 2027 by article 38 of loi n° 2025-127 du 14 février 2025, so there is no July 2027 instalment. The instalments are NOT on fixed July and December dates — BOFiP puts them on the same staggered grid as the CA3, so the dates shown are the published window ends for those months, taken from the July and December 2026 calendrier fiscal. The 55% and 40% proportions are set out at §170 of the same document.
“Les acomptes semestriels sont versés en juillet et décembre, aux jours prévus au d du 1° du 1 de l'article 39 de l'annexe IV au CGI, en fonction du lieu d'implantation, du numéro d'identification ou de la première lettre du nom du redevable.”
Captured from DGFiP (BOFiP-Impôts) on 2026-08-14
État récapitulatif TVA — intra-EU goods listing
TVA · Monthly · report / listing
12 published dates, 12 Feb 2026 to 13 Jan 2027Verified 2026-08-14
Who files
Businesses making intra-EU supplies of goods, from the first euro — there is no threshold. Filed with the customs administration (DGDDI), which collects it on behalf of DGFiP.
Notes
The rule is the 10th working day of the month following the reference month, and DGDDI publishes the resulting date for every month, so these are the published dates rather than a derived series. Replaced the goods half of the former DEB.
“au plus tard le 10e jour ouvrable suivant le mois de référence”
Captured from DGDDI (douane.gouv.fr) on 2026-08-14
Déclaration d'existence — VAT registration
TVA · One-off · registration
within 15 days of commencing taxable operationsVerified 2026-08-14
Who files
Any person commencing an activity subject to VAT in France.
Notes
CGI article 286 I 1°. BOFiP still describes the filing channel as the CFE; the guichet unique at INPI has since taken that role, which this file does not assert without a source.
“dans les quinze jours du commencement de ses opérations”
Captured from DGFiP (BOFiP-Impôts) on 2026-08-14
Déclaration de cessation — final return on ceasing or transferring the business
TVA · One-off · registration
within 30 days of the transfer or cessation of the businessVerified 2026-08-14
Who files
Any VAT-registered business ceasing or transferring its activity. Régime réel normal filers have 30 days; régime simplifié filers have 60 days (CGI annexe II article 242 septies).
Notes
The 30-day rule shown is for the régime réel normal. Régime simplifié filers have 60 days — a distinction that becomes moot when that regime is abolished on 1 January 2027.
“En cas de cession ou cessation, les déclarations de chiffres d'affaires doivent être souscrites dans les trente jours de la cession ou la cessation d'activité (CGI, art. 287, 4).”
Captured from DGFiP (BOFiP-Impôts) on 2026-08-14
TVA only — direct tax, payroll (DSN/PASRAU), CFE/CVAE, TGAP, excise and insurance-premium tax appear on the same DGFiP calendrier fiscal but are out of scope here, as are the agricultural VAT regimes, which run their own cycle. IMPORTANT: the CA3 due date is personal to each filer — CGI annexe IV article 39 staggers it by legal form, department and SIREN digits, and your actual date is shown in your espace professionnel. This calendar shows the outer edge of the window DGFiP publishes, so treat it as the latest possible date, not yours. A deadline falling on a public holiday shifts to the next working day (CGI ann. IV art. 39, 1, 3°), which is not modelled — and DGFiP's own published range ends do not follow it consistently. Franchise-en-base businesses that do not import (up to €85,000 goods / €37,500 services, exit at €93,500 / €41,250) have no VAT filing obligation and so appear nowhere here; lower sector-specific thresholds apply to lawyers, authors and performing artists (€50,000 / €55,000 and €35,000 / €38,500). The proposed single €25,000 threshold was repealed outright by loi n° 2025-1044 du 3 novembre 2025, not merely deferred. The régime simplifié is abolished from 1 January 2027 (loi n° 2025-127, article 38), so the CA12 and both acomptes on this calendar are ending obligations. Also not modelled: the monthly franchise opt-out under CGI article 293 F, which DGFiP lists on every month's calendar — it is an election rather than a filing; the one-month extension available to authorised filers under the régime des acomptes provisionnels; and the cessation deadlines. From 1 September 2026 the legislative VAT provisions move from the CGI into Book II of the Code des impositions sur les biens et services (CIBS) under Ordonnance n° 2025-1247; existing doctrine remains applicable and article numbers cited here are from the source that states each rule.
What this calendar does not list
Not yet covered E-invoicing / e-reporting cycle — France's e-reporting regime does fix real periodic transmission deadlines, varying by VAT regime (by décade for monthly réel normal filers, monthly for the quarterly option, bimonthly for franchise). It is not in force yet: it starts 1 September 2026 for large enterprises and ETIs and 1 September 2027 for SMEs and micro-enterprises, and DGFiP's own September 2026 calendrier fiscal carries no e-reporting entry. Not modelled until the first cohort is live and DGFiP publishes dated deadlines; the full cadence table is captured in the research brief.
New France rules taking effect
Confirmed changes from the weekly scan — each links to its full record with the official source.
Which France tax deadlines does this calendar cover?
8 recurring indirect-tax obligations — TVA returns, payments and related filings — each with the due-date rule, who must file, and the official source that states the deadline. Direct-tax, payroll and company-registry deadlines are out of scope.
How current are these due dates?
Every obligation carries the date it was last verified against its official source (newest: 2026-08-14). Law-change dates come from the weekly Last Week in Taxes scan and link to their full change records.
Do the dates account for weekends and public holidays?
No — the calendar shows the statutory due date. Where the authority shifts deadlines falling on non-working days, the obligation notes say so. Confirm against the linked official source before relying on a date.