The revaluation of the "mileage scale", a new government measure to support purchasing power

This time, no solemn announcement on the “8 p.m.” television news. No question of giving the impression of taking out the checkbook so close to the elections. It was in response to a question from a deputy that the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, announced on Tuesday January 25 a new gesture of support for the purchasing power of the French, undermined by the rise in fuel prices. and by those of foodstuffs since the summer of 2021. This is the fourth, in less than six months.

Two days before a day of mobilization "on wages and employment", organized on Thursday January 27 by the unions, the executive chose a more targeted and less massive measure than the previous ones, but having the advantage of be quick and don't go through the law.

Bercy will reassess by 10% the scale used by households who use their vehicle to work, and who deduct part of their transport costs from their taxes. This increased "mileage scale" will target "those of our fellow citizens who drive a lot, that is to say, those for whom the vehicle is ultimately a means of work or job search", explained the head of government, citing the example of “nurses” or “home helpers” in rural areas. That is around 2.5 million households, which will be able to reduce their tax by an average of 150 euros for the year 2021.

It will also serve as a reference to revalue "the mileage allowances paid directly by employers to their employees who use their personal vehicle", added Jean Castex, who praised a "fast and direct" effect. The cost to public finances is estimated at 400 million euros, it is said at Bercy, a figure still "rather imprecise", because there is "not all the data".

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"A collective effort of more than 15 billion euros"

Targeted, the measure only benefits motorists who pay taxes. “Those who do not pay have already received the energy check and the inflation allowance”, estimates the executive, with reference to the measures to support purchasing power decided in the fall of 2021. This new gesture is aimed at in priority to “households whose income is between the fourth and seventh deciles [between 1,737 euros and 2,164 euros monthly, according to INSEE], some of which have not received inflation compensation”, specifies Bercy.

A political choice which did not fail to make the left react. “You are not talking to non-taxable French people, all those who earn less than 1,295 euros net per month! “Lamented, in session, the deputy (Socialist Party, PS) of Tarn-et-Garonne Valérie Rabault, quantifying the population excluded from the measure at 14.5 million people.

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