PRIME MACRON 2022. Emmanuel Macron has announced that he wants to triple the exceptional purchasing power bonus to support French workers in the face of inflation. How it works ? For who ? We tell you everything.
[Mis à jour le 24 mars 2022 à 14h37] Candidate for his own succession, Emmanuel Macron announced during the presentation of his program, his wish to triple the exceptional purchasing power bonus or Macron bonus. “It’s very concrete, it’s purchasing power. This is what I call the employee dividend“he declared on the set of M6, Wednesday March 23. Capped at 1,000 euros currently, this “PEPA” bonus could therefore triple in the event of a new mandate for the candidate LREM. The operation could be as much more beautiful within the companies having signed an agreement ofprofit-sharing because the bonus here is capped at 2,000 euros, as in companies with fewer than 50 employees.
The Macron bonus would be boosted to €3,000and up to €6,000 for these famous companies with a profit-sharing agreement. Completely optional, the Macron bonus can also be paid in part. In other words, an employer can decide to pay 500 euros out of the maximum 1,000 euros authorized. Emmanuel Macron also did not rule out the idea of making it compulsory. A rule is to be known, only employees whose salary does not exceed 3x the minimum wage can claim it. Last year, the Macron bonus benefited more than 4 million of French people, for an average amount paid of 506 euros per person. Remember that this exceptional bonus was originally put in place after the Yellow Vests crisis.
Since 2019, employees have been able to receive an exceptional bonus, exempt from taxes and social security contributions called the “Macron bonus”. That exceptional purchasing power bonus (is paid by any employer who wishes it to employees, under certain conditions. In particular if the employee in question does not exceed a certain income limit. This tax and social security exemption scheme aims to encourage employers to pay bonuses to their employees in order to enhance their purchasing power. It is not a state bonus, but a company bonus which remains optional and voluntary.
To be exempt from employee contributions, the Macron bonus cannot exceed the amount of €1,000. Companies that have a profit-sharing agreement can pay the Macron bonus up to €2,000. This amount, doubled, is also valid for companies with fewer than 50 employees, and second-line workers (if revaluation measures are taken).
The exceptional purchasing power bonus is exempt from income tax and from any social security contributions or contributions. But then, who is eligible for the Macron bonus? Employees earning less than 3.5 times the minimum wage (over the 12 months preceding the payment). This Macron bonus does not replace any element of remuneration.
The Macron bonus is paid within a period provided for by law. In this case, between the June 1, 2021 and the March 31, 2022. Whether you are a civil servant, an employee, or an industrialist, you have the possibility of benefiting from it.
The amount of the Macron bonus exempt from contributions is capped at €1,000. However, this amount may double and reach €2,000 in the following cases:
- The company has signed a profit-sharing agreement
- The company has less than 50 employees
- Second-line workers (if upgrading measures are taken)
During his very first campaign “meeting” on March 7 in Poissy, Emmanuel Macron dropped the bomb. The PEPA premium or Macron premium should be tripled if the LREM candidate is re-elected to the presidency of the French Republic. What does this mean? This tax exemption scheme put in place by employers should therefore go from 1,000 euros to… €3,000 ! Better, for companies that have a profit-sharing agreement, the PEPA is capped at 2,000 euros. With this new Macron bonus, this amount could reach €6,000. Details should be provided by Prime Minister Jean Castex, the week of March 14.
Already extended in 2021, the premium PEPA is renewed for the year 2022. Note that the employer is not obliged to pay the Macron bonus. If he wishes to pay it, he has the option of doing so atall of its employeesor only to employees whose remuneration is less than 3 times the Smic.
In 2022, the Macron bonus benefits both employees and apprentices, as well as temporary workers and public officials. The employer can completely modulate the amount of the payment of the PEPA bonus according to the beneficiary according to certain criteria such as the employee’s remuneration, the employee’s classification level, his working conditions during the Covid crisis, or still his working time over a year.
The Macron bonus paid to civil servants between June 1, 2021 and March 31, 2022. Capped at 1,000 euros, the bonus PEPA will be flexible according to the commitment and mobilization required of the agents concerned.