2022 mileage scale: who will benefit from the 10% increase?

2022 KILOMETER SCALE. The mileage allowance scale will quickly experience a 10% revaluation. For who ? How it works ? All the answers to your questions.

[Mis à jour le 10 février 2022 à 12h08] This is a serious boost from the executive. In an attempt to support the purchasing power of the French in the face of soaring fuel prices, Jean Castex and his government have decided to put their hands in their pockets. Indeed, people using a vehicle, whether a car or a two-wheeler, as part of their profession and who opt for the deduction of real costs travel will benefit from a revaluation of the mileage allowance scale to the height of 10%. A measure put in place by the executive to support these workers, who are particularly exposed to soaring fuel prices. It will be part of the provisions relating to the annual taxable declaration of income 2021.

Beneficiaries of this increase in the mileage scale will have the opportunity to make savings on their fuel expenses, but not only. All costs related to the use of a vehicle for professional purposes are concerned, namely:

• Fuel
• Vehicle depreciation
• Protection purchase costs (scooters)
• Repair and maintenance costs
• Tire expenses
• Insurance premiums

A measure that concerns 2.5 million drivers called “big rollers” in France. This 10% revaluation of the mileage allowance scale will lead to a gain of 150 euros on average on each of his tax returns. The liberal nurses and the home help are among the professions targeted by this new government assistance.

How does the mileage fee schedule work?

The mileage scale applies to salaried taxpayers who use a car, motorcycle, scooter or moped to get to work, and who decide to deduct their actual costs in their tax return. You can thus deduct on your tax return these actual costs corresponding to your travels. As a reminder, by choosing to opt for actual costs, you waive the 10% flat-rate allowance. The scale makes it possible to determine the amount of mileage expenses to be reported on the tax return form. It is established according to the power of the vehicle but also the number of kilometers traveled during the past year. The costs declared must be able to be certified by supporting documents (invoices for repairs, purchase of tyres, etc.)

This mileage scale is used to assess the cost of using a vehicle for anyone subject to theincome tax. The costs of insurance, fuel, tyres, possible repairs, etc. are taken into account in this scale. On the other hand, toll bills, parking costs and loan interest linked to the purchase of the vehicle are not taken into account in this scale. The actual costs are to be indicated in box 1 AK of tax return.

The revalued kilometer scale will apply within the framework of the next income declaration campaign subject to income tax for the year 2021, which will begin from April 2022. From 2023, the Government plans to introduce an automatic indexation of the kilometric scale in order to better take into account the evolution of the cost of ownership of a vehicle, in particular the cost of fuel.

The mileage allowance is calculated according to the distance traveled between your home and your place of work but also the fiscal power of your vehicle, a data to easily find on your car registration document. You can find the scale applicable to cars below. Two examples, however:

• you have a vehicle with a fiscal horsepower of 4CV and travel 15,000 kilometers per year as part of your job. In this case, the calculation of the mileage allowance is as follows (using the 2021 scale, that of 2022 having not yet been published but must therefore be increased by 10%): 15,000 (the distance) x 0.294: 4410 euros. To this is added a bonus amount of 1147 euros, i.e. a total of 5557 euros to be deducted from your 2021 income on your tax return.
• you have a vehicle with a fiscal horsepower of 5CV and travel 20,000 kilometers per year as part of your job. In this case, you will have to apply the following calculation (taking the 2021 scale, that of 2022 having not yet been published): 20,000 x 0.368 (applicable scale) = 7360. 7360 euros of mileage allowance will be deducted to your tax return.

This revised scale will also serve as reference for setting the amount of flat-rate mileage allowances paid by employers to their employees, when the latter use their personal vehicle for business trips. These allowances are exempt from social contributions and income tax, without specific supporting documents, within the limit of the kilometer scale.

If you want to calculate your mileage costs to find out if you are eligible for the 10% increase in the scale, take advantage of the simulator set up on the site portal. impots.gouv.fr.

This more technical device, which will have an effect on the amount of income tax for the beneficiaries of this new aid, will in fact only concern taxpayers who make many journeys in the context of their employment and who take advantage of their tax return to apply their real costs. According to the government, 2.5 million tax households do so each year. For what gain? On average 150 euros on each tax return. With the implementation of this new system, the households in question automatically renounce the flat-rate deduction of 10% introduced by the tax authorities for other tax households. It is therefore necessary to calculate whether this radical choice is indeed a winner.

Faced with criticism from part of the opposition who considers the device too restricted in the face of the stakes of soaring prices, Jean Castex assured that this revaluation will have a real effect and could snowball. “This revaluation is also intended to serve as a reference, and therefore potentially to affect the mileage allowances directly paid by employers to their employees who use their personal vehicle”, underlined the Prime Minister, thus ruling out any reduction in VAT. on fuels.

The revalued kilometer scale will apply within the framework of the next income declaration campaign subject to income tax for the year 2021, which will begin from April 2022.

From 2023, the Government plans to introduce an automatic indexation of the kilometric scale in order to better take into account the evolution of the cost of ownership of a vehicle, in particular the cost of fuel.

You will find below the mileage scale applicable to cars for the year 2021 pending the publication of the increased scale for 2022.

Note: if the taxpayer has an electric car, he benefits from an increase of 20% on travel expenses that he can deduct. A first.

The 2022 mileage scale has not yet been published by the tax authorities. The 2021 scale was strictly identical for mopeds as that of 2020.

Note: as for cars, taxpayers who drive a scooter or an electric motorcycle benefit from an increase of 20% travel expenses to be deducted from their income.