From July 1, some beneficiaries will no longer have family allowances

The government has set itself an objective: fight against tax and social fraud on the territory. According to Anne Guyot-Welke, secretary of the national union of Solidaires Finances Publiques, this phenomenon amounts to billions of euros, “all taxes combined, we estimate between 80 and 100 billion euros”she said on France info. In response, on May 30, the executive presented a plan to combat all public finance fraud, whether social, tax or customs, with a series of concrete measures. Initially planned to be applied in 2024, one of them will finally be effective from July 1, 2023 and concerns the benefit fraud.

What changes on July 1, 2023 for recipients of family allowances

guest ofEuropean 1 on April 21, Gabriel Attal, Minister of Public Accounts, announced that“From next July 1, there will be no more payments of social allowances to foreign accounts outside the European Union. This means that recipients of family allowances who receive any kind of social assistance, such as family benefitfrom the Family Allowance Fund (CAF) or the Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA), to a bank account located outside the SEPA zone will no longer be able to receive them.

The SEPA zone includes the 28 member countries of the European Union, the territories of the European Economic Area, as well as Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino and the Vatican. It will therefore now be impossible to apply for social assistance on an account held in Brazil, Asia or the United States.

Family benefits subject to residence conditions

THE public service website specifies it, “to be entitled to family benefits (examples: family allowances, back-to-school allowance), you must reside in France on a stable basis.” You must either have a frequent residence in France, or live on French territory for more than 9 months “from 2024”said Gabriel Attal on Europe 1, against 6 months currently.