what changes on February 1 to claim the activity bonus or RSA from CAF

It was expected. It’s official: From February 1: the social net amount is the reference amount to declare to benefit from the activity bonus and the RSA, announced in a press release from the social security and social cohesion departments. Which changes for your actions at CAF.

187 euros on average: activity bonus, paid by CAF, is monthly aid to supplement a modest salary. Will this average move downward with the coming shift? Suspense. It is above all the activity bonus, a small salary supplement, which is affected by this shift, the active solidarity income (RSA) being by definition affected but no longer at the margin.

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From February 1, 2024, the social net amount, displayed on all pay slips since January 2024 and on benefit statements during 2024, becomes the reference amount to declare to benefit from the activity bonus and the RSA, write the Department of Social Security (DSS) and the General Directorate of Social Cohesion (DGCS) in a press release released this Thursday, January 18 by the government. The use of the social net amount becomes obligatory, supports the CAF in a news published the same day on its site.

This is therefore a new stage in the long source solidarity project. The social net amount was to include all pay slips in July 2023, with a more concrete and more restrictive phase since the start of the year: Since January 2024, the social net amount has been displayed on all pay slips (regardless of status, sector of activity or employer)recalls the Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity on his site.

What changes on February 1, 2024

Next month’s new feature only concerns the quarterly declaration of resources, carried out by definition every 3 months to obtain or renew your rights to social benefits. The social net amount is now the exact amount to declare to facilitate administrative procedures, limit the risks of declaration errors and reduce the rate of non-recourse to rights.

The social net amount is now the exact amount to declare to facilitate administrative procedures, limit the risks of declaration errors and reduce the rate of non-recourse to rights.

What objective?

There simplicityon the one hand: Directly calculated by the employer or the organization paying social benefits, the net social amount allows applicants for the Activity Bonus and the RSA to immediately know the income to declare to the family allowance funds ( CAF) or agricultural social mutuality (MSA) to benefit from their rights, without calculation on their part, to quote the press release from the DSS and DGCS.

But also avoid declaration errors: Until now, the procedures for beneficiaries to benefit from the activity bonus or the RSA were cumbersome, requiring complicated calculations, generating numerous errors in declarations and regularizations (refunds and undue amounts) in the payment of benefits. The social net amount, the sole reference for CAF declarations, is used to precisely calculate the amount of your aid, CAF soberly explains on its site.

Ultimately, this project should also help reduce the non-recourse rate rights, that is to say the third of potential beneficiaries (approximately, according to recent studies by the Drees) who do not claim the RSA or the activity bonus even though they are entitled to it.

Where and how to register it?

If you are an employee, CAF simply invites you register the social net amount displayed on your pay slips in the “salaries” box of your request or your quarterly declaration of resources for the RSA and the activity bonus.

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