The right-wing majority Senate voted on Wednesday, during the first reading of the budget bill for 2023, a tax credit to encourage individuals to clear brush around their homes, a preventive measure against fires in forest.
The Minister in charge of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, declared himself unfavorable to the implementation of this measure which does not seem to be in the philosophy of the tax credit, normally intended as an incentive, while clearing brush is a legal obligation.
On the other hand, on the need to go further, with the reinforcement of the means of the territorial collectivities, the means of the State, to go further with perhaps new initiatives in the direction of the private individuals, there I completely agree with you , added the minister, saying he was ready to work on it with the Minister of Agriculture, Marc Fesneau.
A tax credit within the limit of 1000 euros per tax household
The legal obligations of brushing are too little applied with a rate of realization often lower than 30%, argued the author of the amendment, the senator LR of Var Jean Bacci.
It offers a tax credit equal to 50% of the expenses actually incurred and retained within the limit of 1,000 euros per tax household.
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We are talking about the protection of property and the protection of people above all, supported Olivier Rietmann (LR).
President Emmanuel Macron announced less than a month ago new means of fighting and preventing fires after the gigantic forest fires that marked the summer.