When and how to receive the energy check? The aid payment date has just been announced, and a simulator tells you if you are a beneficiary.
Faced with the explosion in the cost of energy, the State had put aid in place. The fuel check has been stopped, but aid is planned if prices soar in 2024. A “heating boost” was also established. But in view of the new increases in gas and electricity prices, the energy check cannot be refused either!
What does it correspond to? He is allocated every year based on income and the composition of a household. We receive it automatically based on the information transmitted to the tax authorities. You must therefore have filed your income tax return on time to benefit from it. And even if you are exempt from housing tax, you must live in accommodation that is subject to it. Consumer associations have also spoken out against this “unfair” system. But the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire affirmed in February that anyone entitled to it would receive their check. But when ?
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The date of the energy check announced
It is from April 2, 2024 that the beneficiaries of the energy check will receive it. Your 2023 checks must be spent before March 31, 2024. It is estimated that approximately 5.6 million households will be beneficiaries for 2024. It can be sent until May 15, and we do not know from which regions the shipments will begin.
In 2023, a calendar was communicated with arrivals: Nord-Pas-de-Calais in the first week; Isère, Doubs, Haute-Savoie, Côte-d’Or, Jura or even Nièvre in the second week; Ain, Allier, Corsica, Yvelines or Gironde in the third week; And so on. But we do not know if it will be the same for the year 2024.
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How do you know if you can benefit from help?
Created to compensate for the increase in the cost of energy, it is aimed at households which have a certain reference tax income per consumption unit of less than 11,000 euros. How to calculate this unit? One person in your household counts as one unit. The second person counts for 0.5 consumption units and the following people for 0.3.
A simulator allows you to check your eligibility on the chequeenergie.gouv website. You can simplify the task by using your tax income, available on your tax notice. But if you don’t know it, you can also fake help.
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What amount can beneficiaries expect?
How much will your energy check be? Its amount can vary from 48 to 277 euros, depending on your household. If your income is less than 5,600 euros, you will receive 194 euros for one unit, 240 euros for 1 to 2 units, 277 euros for 2 or more units. Between 5,600 and 6,700 euros, you will receive 146, 176 or 202 euros. Between 6,700 and 7,700 euros, you will be entitled to 98, 113 or 126 euros. And for 7,700 to 10,800 euros, you will have 48, 63 or 76 euros.
The government website warns that an increase in fraudulent calls has been noted. So do not give your data over the phone. It could be a scam. “No canvassing is undertaken to benefit from the energy check; refuse any request of this type”, specifies the State website
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How to receive your energy check?
He also informs that an extension of the possibilities of automating the use of his energy check is possible: “So that your energy check for the next few years is directly deducted from your electricity or gas bill, you can request its pre-allocation”, either online or by checking the box “pre assignement” on the energy check before sending it to your supplier.
The energy check is automatically sent to the beneficiaries’ homes, once a year. Professionals are also affected by this assistance.
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