Despite purchasing power being eroded by high inflation, a record amount of 3.2 billion euros in donations to associations was declared for tax by individuals in 2022, according to a study published Friday by the Recherches et Solidarits associative network.
According to this document drawn up in collaboration with Bercy services, it is a little more than 3 billion euros in the context of income tax (up 6.3%) and a little more than 200 million for the Real Estate Wealth Tax (IFI), up 9%. Donations are declared for tax because they entitle you to tax reductions.
With donations from individuals (excluding legacies) which are not declared for taxes (donations in the street, rounding up at checkouts, etc.), this associative network of experts estimates that donations from individuals could be between 5.4 and 5.6 billion euros, up 8%, for the year 2022.
People who give judged that, despite inflation which is eroding purchasing power, a special effort was necessary to support people in difficulty. The increase in collection far exceeds the inflation rate, estimated at 5.2% by INSEE, indicates AFP Jacques Malet, president of Recherches et Solidarités.
Young people give as much as older people in proportion to their income
The Red Cross, which has mobilized a lot for Ukraine, is in 2022 the organization which received the most donations from individuals, ahead of the Restos du Cur. In September, the Restos du Cur launched an appeal for the generosity of the public, claiming to lack 35 million euros to end the financial year in balance.
Followed by Secours catholique, the French Association against muscular dystrophy, Doctors Without Borders, the French committee for Unicef and Doctors of the World, indicates this annual study entitled The Generosity of the French.
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Young people give as much as older people in proportion to their income: 2.5% of their declared income, the same proportion as those aged 70 and over, and more than those aged 30-70 (less than 2%). With an upward trend for young people and a decrease for those aged 70 and over, notes Jacques Malet.
Some 4.9 million tax households declared at least one donation in 2022, up 3.9% compared to the previous year, after having decreased in 2021 compared to 2020.
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