17:14 – When will the Christmas bonus arrive in my bank account?
The money will not arrive in the account directly on Tuesday December 17 because it is on this date that the CAF, the MSA and France Travail will order the transfers. It is then necessary to allow a delta of a few days for the sum to be credited, between one and three days. The Christmas bonus will therefore be in bank accounts between Wednesday 18 and Friday 20 December or, at the latest, Saturday 21.
5:00 p.m. – Christmas bonus paid later than expected
While it was to be paid this Friday, December 13, the Christmas bonus will finally arrive later in the bank accounts. The Ministry of Solidarity announced a new timetable, thus contradicting the first announcement made by the now ex-minister Paul Christophe. The Christmas bonus will finally be paid on Tuesday December 17, 2024 to the beneficiaries.
How much is the Christmas bonus?
The amount of the Christmas bonus depends on your social situation and, possibly, your family situation. Clearly, the amount of the Christmas bonus does not depend on your income. Are you benefiting from the Christmas bonus from Pôle emploi, being unemployed at the end of your rights? In this case, Pôle emploi pays a fixed amount, whatever the family situation. It amounts to 152.45 euros.
If you benefit from the CAF Christmas bonus (because you are on RSA for example), the amount depends on your family situation. It is between 152.45 euros for a single person and 442.10 euros for a couple with four children (to which are added 60.98 euros per additional person). Here is the list of the amounts of the Christmas bonus depending on your family situation:
- 152.45 euros : single person
- 228.67 euros : single person with 1 child or person in a couple without children
- 274.41 euros : single person with 2 children or person in a couple with 1 child
- 320.14 euros : couple with 2 children
- 335.39 euros : single person with 3 children
- 381.12 euros : couple with 3 children
- 396.37 euros : single person with 4 children
- 442.10 euros : couple with 4 children
Since 2009, the amounts of the Christmas bonus have been unchanged. Furthermore, it should be noted that in 2024, the government has not renewed the 35% increase in amounts for single-parent families.
07:18 – Why will 4,300 French people only receive 50% of the Christmas bonus?
Among the contingent of people eligible for the Christmas bonus, a little over 4,000 are not entitled to the same amounts. In fact, beneficiaries of the bonus domiciled in Mayotte only receive 50% of what is received in mainland France or in other overseas departments. This is a local specificity because the inhabitants of the island, which only became a department in 2011, still have large salary differences with the mainland.
12/12/24 – 06:24 – I receive APL: am I entitled to the Christmas bonus?
Personalized housing assistance (PLA) allowing many low-income households to increase their budget, the question of paying the Christmas bonus to these same households arises. However, APL beneficiaries are not eligible for payment of the Christmas bonus. For CAF, only beneficiaries of RSA are concerned.