PREMIUM INFLATION. Put in place by the government at the end of 2021, the inflation bonus experienced a slight hiccup at the start of the year. You may have received it twice. What to do ? What are the procedures? We tell you everything.
[Mis à jour le 7 février 2022 à 15h55] You are eligible for the inflation bonus but you received it twice, without maneuver on your part? Don’t panic, but you will have to repay. This concerns auto-entrepreneurs and micro-entrepreneurs in particular. In the same way as retirees who have concerned a second source of retirement income, also eligible for the bonus of 100 euros.
So what to do when you find yourself in this situation? People who have wrongly received inflation compensation, either because they have received the payment several times, or because they were not entitled to it, must pay it back to the State. To do this, they use the reimbursement portal on the tax website, in the Individual section. This process has been open since February 1, 2022. The persons concerned also have the possibility of contacting their Individual Tax Department (contact details in the “My contacts” section of your personal space on impots.gouv.fr).
paid to 38 million of French until mid-February, the inflation bonus in the amount of 100 euros was set up by Emmanuel Macron last winter in an attempt to combat rising consumer prices. Are particularly concerned in the month of February, 12 million retirees.
If you are retired and meet the two mandatory conditions, the inflation bonus of 100 euros will be paid to you during February 2022. No specific date has yet been announced. Please note that you will not receive your inflation bonus at the same time as your pension payment. According to the health insurance, the indemnity will be paid to you at the end of February. To qualify, two conditions are essential.
- To be a French resident
- Have a net monthly salary of less than 2,000 euros per month
If you receive a pension from general schemeL’Retirement insurance will pay you the inflation bonus in the amount of 100 euros. Remember that the service of pensions of the State will pay this premium only if the Retirement insurance or the MSA does not pay it.
Regarding the beneficiaries of a asbestos early retirement (early retirement allowance for asbestos workers, ACAATA) if the level of pension paid is less than €2,000 net per month, this time the inflation bonus will be paid by the employer. Beneficiaries of early termination of activity (end-of-activity leave), subject to compliance with the income conditions and beneficiaries of the solidarity allowance for the elderly (ASPA) are also affected.
Retirees working in cumulative employment retirement or under the phased retirement will also receive the compensation within the framework of their activity, paid by their employer or for the self-employed, the organization in charge of the payment.
Announced by the government in the fall, it is aimed at the middle classes, regardless of their status:
- Private sector employees
- Officials
- Scholarship students and students receiving PLA.
- Retirees and seniors receiving the ASPA
- Freelancers and self-employed
- job seekers
- Beneficiaries of social minima (RSAAAH…)
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:
Workers residing in France and receiving income or pensions only from abroad are eligible for the inflation bonus. In other words, if you work in Germany, Spain, Italy or Switzerland (except the Canton of Geneva), you will receive the inflation bonus in the amount of 100 euros. The conditions are as follows:
- Benefit from a salary of less than 24,000 euros per year
- Be domiciled in France for tax purposes
The payment was made by the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) on February 4, 2022 by bank transfer using the wording “INDEMN.INFLATION”. If this organization does not have your bank details, the payment will be made by checksent by post from mid February. More 100,000 cross-border workers are affected by the payment of the inflation bonus in the amount of 100 euros.
Some professions have not yet had the chance to benefit from the inflation bonus. Scheduled for December for some but postponed for banking reasons, others still do not know the exact date of payment. The inflation bonus should not be delayed any longer and will be paid in February 2022. In particular, no less than 300,000 self-employed whose bank details (RIB) are not known to Urssaf. In this case, the Urssaf is supposed to contact the beneficiaries concerned and pay the inflation bonus in the next few days, at the beginning of February 2022. Here is a list of the professions which will receive the inflation bonus in February 2022:
- The self-employed
- Author artists
- Recipients of an invalidity pension
- Self-employed seafarers
For people who do not see the payment of 100 euros in their bank account in the days or weeks to come, rest assured. The deadline for the payment of inflation bonus is fixed at February 28.
The objective of the bonus of 100 euros is to respond to the distress of the most modest households, whose finances are being undermined by galloping inflation. Foodstuffs, energy prices… Many goods and services have increased in recent months due to the strong economic recovery following the coronavirus health crisis. Initially, the executive had worked on the establishment of a fuel check, intended for households that own a vehicle, and who have seen the fuel bill explode with the rise in oil prices. However, this system has proven to be very difficult to implement, so much so that the government preferred to abandon it, opting for a broader solution, and allowing households to pay for expenses other than the fuel.
The inflation bonus is paid between December 2021 and February 2022. Payment must be made through several channels, depending on the beneficiary’s situation. Here is the payment schedule envisaged by the government:
- End of December 2021: this is the date on which employees received their inflation compensation, directly on their payslip. The employer is responsible for the payment, before being compensated by the State in a second step. The self-employed are also affected by this deadline (the Urssaf then take care of the payment), as are scholarship students (compensated by the Crous).
- End of January 2022 : the State proceeds to the payment of the inflation allowance for civil servants, jobseekers (via Pôle emploi), invalids, students receiving APL and recipients of social minima (via the Family Allowance Fund).
- February 2022 : it is at this deadline that retirees must receive inflation compensation, via their pension fund.
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 payable”.
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 basic and supplementary retirement pensions (eg AGIRC-ARRCO), including survivors’ pensions [du mois d’octobre 2021]“, it says.
- For 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, to an average monthly turnover of: €4,000 for craftsmen; €6,897 for traders; €3,030 for the liberal professions”, we complete in the press kit.
- For job seekers : you must not be working and your allowance must be less than 2,000 euros net.