Get your tax refund: when and how?

The amount and date of your tax refund will be communicated in your notice of assessment, which you may receive sometime between August of the year you file your tax return and June 30 of the following year. For example, for the 2024 tax return (income year 2023), the notice of assessment could be sent as late as June 30, 2025. The date of sending may vary randomly from year to year—you might receive it in October one year and in March the next. Until you receive your notice of assessment, we will not be able to provide a date for your tax refund. Please note, however, that the tax refund is generally processed approximately two months after the notice is sent. If you have debts, the refund may be partially or fully used to settle them. In such cases, you will be informed.

  • Quick estimation of your tax refund

    • If you received a proposed simplified tax return, it already includes an estimate of the tax amount due or refundable.
    • If you submit an online tax return on MyMinFin, you will get an immediate estimate of your tax amount, even before receiving your notice of assessment. You simply need to get to the tab “My tax return”, select “Submit my tax return”, click on “Consult or modify my tax return” and finally select “Calculate” for the current fiscal year. Note that the online platform MyMinFin is not available in English.
    • You can also obtain an anonymous estimation by using our app Tax-Calc.

    Be aware that this estimation is preliminary. The final amount of your tax debt or refund will be confirmed in your notice of assessment. It is possible that some data are not yet known at the time of the estimation (e.g., municipal tax rate, special social security contribution withholding, etc.).

  • All tax refund dates

    Refund dates vary year to year and is based on when your notice of assessment is issued. Therefore, it cannot be precisely predicted. Which means that the notice of assessment can be sent anytime up to June 30 of the year following your tax return filing.

    In practice, we proceed with the tax refund depending on when the notice of assessment is issued, on the following dates: 

    Reception date of your notice of assessment       

    Date of tax refund
    August 2025 Friday 31.10.2025
    September 2025 Friday 28.11.2025
    October 2025       Wednesday 31.12.2025
    November 2025   Friday 30.01.2026
    December 2025      Friday 27.02.2026
    January 2026  Tuesday 31.03.2026
    February 2026     Thursday 30.04.2026
    March 2026 Friday 29.05.2026
    April 2026 Tuesday 30.06.2026
    May 2026 Friday 31.07.2026
    June 2026  Monday 31.08.2026
    July 2026 Tuesday 29.09.2026

    Note: it may take several days before the tax refund appears in your bank account.

    To avoid delays, make sure your bank account number is up to date on MyMinFin. You have until the 5th day of the month when the tax refund is scheduled to modify it, if necessary.

    Track your tax refund status in MyMinFin, under the section “My tax return/My proposition of simplified tax return”.

     

  • Receipt of payment

    Your tax refund is directly executed to the bank account known by our services. Note: if you are married or in a legal cohabitation, the most recently communicated bank account number will be used. You can find this bank account number on your notice of assessment.

    If no bank account is registered, a postal order will be issued for amounts equal or above 50 EUR. To collect the amount, you will need to go to a post office, bringing your identity card. Furthermore, this needs to be done within 3 months of the date shown on the postal order. The post office will then refund the tax in cash.

    To avoid the inconvenience of a postal order, do not wait to register your bank account on MyMinFin.

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