While the purchasing power of the French has weakened, the sending of an exceptional energy check continues this week, and this, until the end of January 2023. If you haven’t yet received and still think you are eligible, here is the procedure to follow.
gas prices and those electricity have exploded this year, when the French people’s wallet was already not in its best shape… It is in this difficult economic context that the government has decided to put in place an extension of the energy check This year. Although usually reserved for just over 5.8 million people, the latter therefore concerns this year nearly 12 million French people who will receive or have already received 100 to 200 euros to help them pay expenses related to electricity, natural gas or liquefied petroleum, heating oil, wood, biomass or other fuels for heating or hot water production.
This exceptional kickstand is sent automatically to eligible persons without no prior steps to be made, provided that you have filed your income tax return within the deadlines set by the tax authorities. His shipment is staggered by regionsuntil January 27, 2023 and its allocation is determined based on your income and of the composition of your household. There is therefore no simulator as such to determine your eligibility for this aid. Nevertheless, on the site reserved for the energy checkyou can enter your tax number to know more. If you are not eligible, but still think that “your household fulfills the income and composition conditions to benefit from the energy check, or, if you are an approved operator for rental intermediation housing and you wish to check the eligibility of a household sublet for the energy check, you can nevertheless continue the eligibility test”, is it indicated. You are then invited to complete a short questionnaire.
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Exceptional energy voucher: how is its value determined?
The energy check deployed by the government since December 2022 concerns all households whose reference tax income per consumption unit (RFR/UC) does not exceed 17,400 euros. The value of it is fixed at 200 euros for households already receiving the “basic” energy check, the one distributed to nearly 6 million individuals since 2018, and for those whose reference tax income is less than €10,800 per consumption unit, and at 100 euro if this is included between 10,800 euros and 17,400 euros.