A change in the RSA calculation method has just come into force.
It is a change that will relieve many French people. A few days ago, Linternate told you the story of Sophie (assumed first name). This resident of Vaucluse had been sentenced, after a long legal proceedings, to reimburse nearly 10,000 euros to the CAF. She had to donate to the organization an overview of RSA due to errors in her resource declarations.
If business sometimes makes it possible to move the lines, that of Sophie has certainly not been a trigger but probably one of the last in this area. Because recently, the family allowance fund has changed the rules to calculate the amount of RSA to which the beneficiaries are entitled.
Every quarter, the more than 3 million French people who benefit from this social minimum must declare their income to CAF. Possible activity income (employee or not), various allowances, annuities or even food pensions must be registered in a form. Some resources should not be taken into account, such as other CAF aids (APL, CMG, etc.).
So far, it was also necessary to declare the financial aid paid by the family or the relatives. A transfer of her parents, her grandparents or other should be announced at CAF. Sophie did not do it: that is why she was sanctioned. But now it’s over.
Since February 26, 2025, the financial aid and rescue paid by family members – or of the relatives – of the beneficiary of the RSA are now no longer taken into account in the calculation of resources. And this, even if they are regular payments. The new rules provide for an outright exclusion of this income to determine the amount of this social assistance.
However, it is specified that the food pensions compulsively paid following a judgment or the various payments linked to the solidarity between spouses within the framework of a marriage must, for their part, be declared to the CAF.