The clock is ticking to take advantage of two aids paid by the State, namely the fuel bonus and the fuel oil check. Be careful not to forget the benefit of your 2021 holiday vouchers either. Several million French people are affected by these three situations.
The exceptional fuel oil energy check
It’s time to submit your application! Exceptional assistance between 100 and 200 euros for the 1.6million households which are heated with oil must be claimed by March 31, ie Friday. Since the beginning of November, a dedicated request portal has been online to make a request thanks to his taxable income for the year 2020.
You must also send an invoice in your name which justifies the supply of fuel oil and provide your name, first name, tax number and telephone number. A special certificate must be completed for private individuals who heat themselves by means of a collective oil-fired heating system. The aid is paid the month following the request.
The maximum amount of 200 euros is reserved for households already benefiting from the energy check towards each year in the spring, and whose reference tax income per consumption unit (RFR/UC) is less than 10,800 euros, according to the scales in force in 2022 and which have just changed in 2023. This is the case, for example, of a single person earning minimum wage with at least one dependent child.
This exceptional fuel oil check can be used to pay your energy bills, regardless of the type of fuel (natural gas, electricity, domestic fuel oil, wood or wood pellets), until March 31, 2024.
Fuel bonus
You still have until Friday March 31 to request a fuel aid of 100 euros on the tax website which will then be paid to you by the tax authorities. This allowance has been available to 10 million individuals since January 16. It takes over from the rebate on pump prices in effect in 2022.
The tax authorities have set up a simulator to check your eligibility for this bonus of 100 euros which is conditional on your resources. To take advantage of this, the ceiling is set at 14,700 euros of reference tax income (RFR) per tax share. In concrete terms, this amounts to approximately 1314 euros net per month for a single person or even 3941 euros for a couple with two children.
| Household composition | Maximum monthly net salary, per household |
|---|---|
| single person | 1314 |
| Couple with 1 child | 3285 |
| Single woman with 2 children | 3285 |
| Couple with 2 children | 3941 |
| Couple with 3 children | 5255 |
Source: government. Thresholds corresponding to the 5th decile of the year 2021 (reference tax income per unit less than 14,700 euros).
Precision of Matignon: Assuming that the corresponding salary is the only household income. If there are two assets, this is their combined income.
To make your request, you must indicate your tax number as well as the number of the license plate of the vehicle. You must complete a sworn statement stating that you need your car to get to work.
If you meet the required conditions, the tax authorities will pay you the compensation of 100 euros within 10 days. Please note that the delay may be a little longer according to the testimonies of several applicants.
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Changing your holiday vouchers
You only have a few days left to change your award-winning holiday vouchers since December 31, 2021. They must then be sent by March 31 by post, postmarked as proof. The new paper tickets, valid for two years, will be sent to you within 30 days.
Other condition to respect to carry out this operation: the value of the change checks must be greater than 30 eurosspecifies the site of the National Agency for holiday vouchers (ANCV).
It is also by going to the latter, the My services/exchanges section that you can retrieve new tickets.
Note that some processing fee of 10 euros are deducted from the changed amount. The exchange is free if the customer chooses the dematerialized connected holiday vouchers: a link will be sent to them by email within 8 days to activate their new tickets.
At present, more than four million employees benefit from these holiday vouchers.