If you are a large family, you can benefit from a reduction on the CO2 penalty tax and the mass penalty. Normally, you are only entitled to this once every 2 years. It is now possible to deviate from this rule. Find out how here.
The 2024 finance law modified the conditions for benefiting from a reduction of the CO2 penalty and the mass penalty which depends on the weight of the vehicle. If you have 3 or more children and you buy a new car, you are indeed entitled to these reductions. But you can now only benefit from it once every two years.
A new decree published on March 10 in Official newspaperspecifies however that it is possible to waive this two-year rule. But not in all conditions. Indeed, if you buy a car before the end of this period, you will again be able to benefit from the reduction in the CO2 tax and on the mass penalty if and only if this new vehicle comes to replace a vehicle that has been destroyed or has become unusable after one of the following events:
- An accident, a natural disaster or bad weather;
- Theft or damage committed by a third party;
- Any other case of force majeure.
Reduction of the penalty: what conditions must be met?
As stated above, you must have 3 or more children in effective and permanent care to benefit from the reduction in this tax. Furthermore, the request must concern the purchase of a vehicle with at least 5 seats or a long-term rental (LLD or LOA).
Furthermore, the name of the person requesting the reduction must appear as owner or lessee on the vehicle registration certificate issued in France. The reduction in the CO2 penalty is 20 g/km per child and the reduction in the mass penalty is 200 kg per child. It is possible to do a simulation to find out what reimbursement you are entitled to on the site servicepublic.fr.
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