The 2023 Christmas bonus will be paid in mid-December to 2.3 million beneficiary households. If you are retired, are you eligible for this compensation of 152.45 euros, paid by CAF, MSA or even Ple emploi?
The Christmas bonus will be paid mid-December 2.3 million households through the Family Allowance Fund (CAF), the Mutualité sociale agricole (MSA), or even Ple emploi in certain cases. Help put in place in 1998 and always welcome as the end of the year approaches.
But who can benefit from this exceptional assistance? First there are the beneficiaries of the RSA. For them, the basic amount of the Christmas bonus is 152.45 euros (for a single person) and increases depending on the composition of the household.
| Who? | How much? |
|---|---|
| For the RSA beneficiaries (bonus paid by CIF) | |
| Isolated person | 152.45 |
| 2 persons (couple without children or single parent with 1 child) | 228.67 |
| 3 people (single parent with 2 children or couple with 1 child) | 274.41 |
| 4 people (single parent with 3 children) | 335.39 |
| 4 people (couple with 2 children) | 320.14 |
| 5 people (single parent with 4 children) | 396.37 |
| 5 people (couple with 3 children) | 381.12 |
| 6 persons (single parent with 5 children) | 457.35 |
| 6 persons (couple with 4 children) | 442.10 |
| Per additional person | +60.98 |
| For beneficiaries ASS Or AER (bonus paid by Ple Job) | |
| For everyone (single amount) | 152.45 |
The beneficiaries are the people who receive the specific solidarity allowance (ASS) or the monthly flat-rate return to work bonus. A fixed bonus of 152.45 euros is paid to them.
And the withdrawals?
Withdrawals, like beneficiaries of the adult disability allowance (AAH), are not entitled to it, with one exception. In fact, the beneficiaries of the retirement equivalent allowance (AER) The fixed premium of 152.45 euros is eligible.
This allowance, the AER therefore, no longer exists since January 1, 2011 but still benefits to people whose rights have been opened before this date. The AER is assistance paid by Ple emploi to job seekers who have contributed sufficiently for retirement but who have not yet reached retirement age.
Christmas bonus: one good news and two bad news for this aid paid on December 15
Note that the Christmas bonus should once again not be increased this year, despite the increase in prices which should reach 5% in 2023 according to INSEE. The amount paid for the Christmas bonus has not even changed since 1998, apart from a single exception: in 2008 when it reached 220 euros precisely because of inflation which had reached 2.8%.
This year, 500,000 households will still obtain an exceptional Christmas bonus increase of between 115 euros and 200 euros. These are single-parent families.
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