Direction générale des Finances publiques (impots.gouv.fr)
Réclamation : suivi de la demande
The heading is the term used on the official page, not a quotation from the letter itself.
What it is
A notice that a réclamation (request to review a tax) has been received. It holds no decision: a refusal arrives by registered letter (lettre RAR), approval as an avis de dégrèvement.
What the rules provide
No reply is needed. A réclamation does not suspend payment of the tax; the rules allow a request to defer it (sursis de paiement).
Deadline
The administration has 6 months to decide; it may extend this by at most 3 months, and only with notice. With no answer after 6 months, or a decision that does not satisfy, the courts can be seized; for income tax, the tribunal administratif within 2 months of receiving the decision.
Usual steps
- Follow progress in the espace Finances publiques on impots.gouv.fr.
- Watch the paper mail too: a refusal arrives by lettre RAR.
- In case of disagreement the rules provide for the conciliateur fiscal départemental; the 2-month court deadline keeps running.
Where
impots.gouv.fr, espace Finances publiques; rules — service-public.fr, F110 and F32477.
How to tell it is genuine
Check your account, not the email: type impots.gouv.fr yourself and log in. Neither the sender's address, nor a logo, nor a link in the email proves anything.
Source: service-public.fr — F110 (2026-07-30) · service-public.fr — F32477 (conciliateur fiscal) (2026-05-22) — checked 2026-10-16