A “fire unit” will be set up within a week with the key to tax aid for individuals, businesses and communities affected this summer by the fires, announced Monday the Minister of Public Accounts Gabriel Attal in an interview at Dauphiné. Released.
We want to give a little oxygen to all those who have suffered directly from the fires, the minister said in the columns of the regional daily, via measures to support individuals, businesses and affected communities.
In order to limit the economic and financial consequences that the French people concerned will have to suffer, Mr. Attal and the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire have decided to set up by next week, a fire cell the public finance department, in conjunction with Urssaf, which will be responsible for setting up a kind of tax buffer.
Three measures for the most affected people
For individuals who have seen their property permanently affected, Gabriel Attal is already referring to three main measures: an exceptional time limit for the deduction of income tax, a suspension of local taxes (property tax and housing tax) concerning damaged housing and a potential downward revision of rental values, depending on the depreciation of the property.
On the business side, the minister promised deferrals of payment of tax opportunities and accelerated reimbursement of VAT or CICE credits, to give their cash flow a boost.
The numerous fires linked to the heatwaves that France has been through since June have created a sad record this year: that of the largest surface area of hectares burned at this stage of the year since the start of satellite data in 2006, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS), which however states that the country experienced worse years in the 1970s, before the European standardized data.
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Once the fires have been extinguished, President Emmanuel Macron will bring together all the actors from the departments concerned in order to reflect on the model of prevention and fight against fires in France, the Elyse announced on Sunday.
We will have learned lessons from what happened and we will change our means of action and anticipation, added Monday Mr. Attal, promising new measures from next summer.
In addition, we will continue to increase the means dedicated to fighting fires in the next budget, he promised, with additional credits for civil security.