PREMIUM INFLATION. The government site set up for the reimbursement of the inflation bonus is experiencing some malfunctions.
[Mis à jour le 25 avril 2022 à 10h05] After the multiple malfunctions encountered by the inflation bonus system since its implementation by Emmanuel Macron in December 2021, now the government platform set up to claim it cringes in turn. Indeed, this site allowing to obtain the reimbursement of the indemnity of 100 euros for the “forgotten” of the device knows some setbacks. A “404 error” would have slipped into the platform when logging in and entering tax or health insurance credentials, for example. Enough to despair some professionals who were counting on recovering their inflation premium this month. This is the case of Geoffray, independent. For him, it is impossible to make his complaint online as he explains for Linternaute.com: “The service has not been running since the date it was set up on March 28. It returns us in error 404. The big problem is that I am not the only one in this situation. A lot of freelancers are going through the same situation as me, it’s not normal“. And for good reason, artists, auto entrepreneurs, independents are in this situation and are part of the 1.3 million French people still waiting for a refund.
To try your luck, here is the procedure to follow on the government website. First, you need to log in to the portal Mesdroitssociaux.gouv.fr. Once you arrive on the site, a button “Connect to make a request” is offered to you, click on it. Then, bring the identifiers that you use either for Pôle Emploi, Health Insurance, MSA or the Post Office. It’s up to you, and they all work. The platform now offers you to fill out a short form with your personal information. Thanks to these, it can determine in real time whether you have already received the compensation of 100 euros or not. If this is not the case, you will be asked to enter your bank details. Once this step is over, you’re done. You just have to wait about ten days after the complaint to benefit from the 100 euros in your bank account.
The inflation bonus payment has faced various problems since its launch in December 2021. Many potential beneficiaries have still not received it despite meeting all the criteria. In particular employees of private employers on sick leave on October 31 or jobseekers struck off from Pôle Emploi, subsequently taken care of by Social Security.
Now, a site dedicated to claiming the inflation bonus exists. The Government has been working on it for a good month, and this brand new platform has now come out of the ground since Monday, March 28, 2022. To file a complaint, you will have to follow several steps. First, login to the government site thanks to your Pôle Emploi identifiers, for example. You will then have to enter your RIB and the refund should be made within 10 days of the request.
The inflation allowance will be paid to people whose earned income or replacement income is less than €2,000 net per month. It will be granted to persons receiving allowances and social benefits.
The list of the main categories of beneficiaries is as follows:
- Employees of private employers, including apprentices and beneficiaries of a professionalization contract
- Public officials
- Recipients of early retirement
- Self-employed workers
- Author artists
- Job seekers and vocational training trainees
- Recipients of invalidity pensions
- Retired persons, including beneficiaries of survivor’s pensions
- Scholarship students and those receiving housing aid
- Young people on a support path to employment or in civic service or volunteering for integration
- Beneficiaries of social minima
The bonus of 100 euros is granted on an individual basis. In other words, the composition of the household is not taken into account to determine eligibility for inflation compensation. Thus, a couple can receive up to 200 euros, ie 100 euros each or only 100 euros if only one of the spouses meets the income conditions (see below). In total, 38 million French people will benefit from the 100 euro inflation check.
But who is affected? To determine eligibility for the inflation allowance, the government has determined a ceiling: are therefore concerned French people who earn less than 2,000 euros net per month – before application of the withholding tax -, regardless of their status and profession. To determine the reference salary, the executive has chosen the month of October 2021. Would you like to know more about the 100 euro bonus? Linternaute.com answers all your questions. Consult our dedicated file now:
To be eligible, you must win less than 2,000 euros net per month, i.e. 2,600 euros gross for the month from October 2021, whether you are a civil servant, employee, self-employed or retired. Note: this ceiling of 2,000 euros net corresponds to your remuneration before deduction at source. On the payslip, it will therefore simply be necessary to check the line “net payable before income tax”, above “net to pay”. It should be remembered that the status of French resident is also a mandatory criterion.
Please note: if you are on a short contract (excluding temporary work), the payment of the 100 euro bonus is not automatic “if the cumulative working time with the same employer is less than 20 hours”, warns the government in its file of hurry. “It will assume that the beneficiary expressly reports to one of his employers, preferably the one with whom the employment relationship is still ongoing, or failing that the one for which they worked the most hours during the month of October. “. What about other situations? Linternaute.com summarizes them for you:
For retirees
You receive the minimum old age (ASPA) or the total amount of your pensions (general scheme, supplementary, survivor’s pension, etc.) is less than 2,000 euros net in October 2021. “The assessment of resources will be made on the basis of the amount of the retirement pensions of basic and supplementary (ex. AGIRC-ARRCO), including survivors’ pensions [du mois d’octobre 2021]“, it says.
For the independents
You must have been active in October 2021 and have declared to Urssaf or the MSA an activity income of less than 2,000 euros net per month “for the year 2020”, it is indicated. “The net income retained is that calculated during the annual declaration of income”, it is recalled. “If the activity is created over the period January-October 2021, this condition will be considered satisfied”.
For the self-employed
Your turnover must be at least equal to 900 euros between January 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021. “This amount must also correspond to an average income of 2,000 euros net per month over the period, which corresponds, taking into account the application of tax deductions according to the nature of their activity, at an average monthly turnover of: €4,000 for craftsmen; €6,897 for traders; €3,030 for the liberal professions”, completes do we in the press kit.
For job seekers
You must not be active and your allowance must be less than 2,000 euros net.