Just declare this expense to obtain a partial refund.
Many taxpayers are missing without even knowing it. Between tax credits and tax reductions, some daily expenses open up to interesting advantages, but you still have to have them in mind. Most people have undoubtedly already heard of these devices for home help, insulation work or donations to associations. However, other expenses can also lighten the tax bill, but remain unknown, especially for those who have not yet felt concerned. This is the case for dependent people and those who need care.
Indeed, the taxman grants a tax reduction for the reception costs linked to dependence. This specifically concerns the people who have entered a retirement home, a-accommodation, a reception center or a long-term care establishment, also called USLD. If you think it is useless to declare it on your taxes, you are mistaken: this gives the right to a reduction of 25% of the expenses supported, up to a limit of 10,000 euros per person. “The maximum tax reduction is therefore 2,500 euros per person hosted”indicates the public service site. Which is not really negligible for many French people!
In detail, to obtain this boost, you must first be domiciled taxally in France and that the establishment that hosts you is located on French territory or “In another Member State of the European Economic Area (except Liechtenstein)”, specifies the government. If this is the case, you just have to declare your online costs on the tax site in the “Tax reductions – tax credits” part, section “reception expenses in an establishment for dependent people”. In addition, contrary to what one might think at first, this tax reduction is not only intended for the elderly, you can benefit from it whatever your age. This applies both for expenses related to dependence and for those related to accommodation. If you receive aid, such as personalized autonomy allowance or housing allowance for example, they must be deducted.
For this year’s declaration, the tax reduction is paid in two stages: a deposit of 60% is granted “In January 2025, depending on the amount of the tax reduction received in 2024 (for your 2023 expenses)”. Then the balance is “paid in the summer of 2025, depending on your real expenses of 2024 “, underline the authorities.