Bercy puts on the table a new fuel allowance, which should exceed 60 euros, for all those who are obliged to use their car to go to work, but subject to income.
The executive is advancing on its additional device aimed at protecting the French against soaring fuel prices. This Monday, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, proposed the introduction of a new fuel allowance for all those who are obliged to use their car to go to work. However, this aid would be paid subject to income.
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The government is working on amore generous compensation for all those who are obliged to take their vehicle to go to work, once again whether they are employees, whether they are work-study“, said Bruno Le Maire, on France Inter. She would be paiddepending on income level“, he added, without specifying the ceiling that could be set, leaving that to the parliamentary debate on the purchasing power package.
When contacted, the minister’s entourage provided details to the Figaro. “This could concern the French located up to the fifth or sixth decile of standard of living“, it was indicated, specifying that going to the fifth decile would imply paying this aid to around 11 million households, reaching up to 1600 euros net per month.
In addition, “this compensation will be paid in one go, so as not to ask the French to make a declaration every month“Explained the entourage of Bruno Le Maire. To avoid a gas plant, it would be allocated on simple declaration and paid in one go. To avoid abuse, the administration may carry out checks via the insurance file or the statements of technical checks.
The amount of this compensation has yet to be defined, but it should exceed 60 euros, it has been suggested to the Ministry of the Economy. “A fixed amount will be paid to workers and work-study trainees, regardless of the number of kilometers traveled each day to go to work. But a bonus will be granted to large rollers, who achieve more than 12,000 kilometers per year“, it was also claimed.
More aid than originally planned
This aid would therefore go further than the compensation dedicated tobig wheels“, that is to say, who “travel more than 12,000 km per year», Mentioned for a time by the government. “There are plenty of people who don’t do 12,000 km a year, who take their car to go to work and who can no longer make ends meet.“, justified Bruno Le Maire, on France Inter.
A discount of 18 centimes per liter of fuel has already been applied at the pump for all motorists since April 1 to mitigate the impact of soaring oil prices, and the purchasing power law will offer extend until the end of August. The Minister of the Economy has already proposed to the opposition to go further, by extending it until the end of the year.
The two systems are not necessarily exclusive: the “worker fuel allowance“, as it is already called in Bercy, could either take over from this discount or be combined with it, at least temporarily, depending on the evolution of inflation. “All options are on the table. This will depend on discussions with parliamentarians“, tempers the entourage of the Minister of the Economy. Some in the opposition are already advocating, for their part, a reduction in VAT on gasoline, or even a maximum price per liter of 1.50 euros.
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In addition, the bill on purchasing power also provides for a strengthening of the “transport premium» paid by companies to their employees to cover part of the cost of their home-to-work travel. The ceiling for tax and social exemption from the employer’s assumption of the fuel costs of its employees will thus be doubled, from 200 to 400 euros for the years 2022 and 2023.