Decrease in gas prices, the revaluation of aid, the postponement of energy control, the abolition of the exceptional and temporal contribution, the frequency of individual sampling applied by default for the couples … Here is everything that changes this on May 1, 2025.
• Lower gas price
The price of gas falls from May 1. The Kilovatio (KWH) time rate for people who heat the gas changed from 0.12,412 euros in April to 0.1162 euros in May, a fall of 6.4%.
People who use gas only for cooking and hot water will also see their drop in invoices. The price per kWh for them not from 0.1530 euros to 0.1451 euros, a decrease of 5.16 %.
However, this drop in prices only refers to people who have signed to an indexed price offer. Those who have signed to a fixed price offer, which are therefore protected against an increase in prices, will not be able to take advantage of this fall.
• AAH revaluation, RSA and activity bonus
Author and assignments of CAF, that were revalued in April, Your beneficiaries will be paid, with the new amount, on May 5. These will receive a greater assignment of 1.7%. This revaluation, implemented due to the evolution of consumer prices, concerns in particular the subsidy of disabled adults (AAH), the entry of active solidarity (RSA) and the activity bonus.
Specifically, the AAH increases from 1,013.05 euros to 1,033.32 euros. The RSA for a single person will now amount to 646.52 euros and 969.78 euros for a couple. Finally, the activity of the activity bonus increases by 10.58 euros to reach 633.21 euros.
• Energy verification report
The payment of Energy controlwhich generally takes place in spring, will be exceptionally delayed in November. The Government justifies this postponement for the late promulgation of the Finance Law of 2025.
This check, for almost six million most modest homes, is between 48 and 277 euros. To benefit from him, the entry of reference taxes for a single person is less than 11,000 euros. For a couple it must be less than 16,500 euros.
• Elimination of this
The exceptional and temporal contribution (CET) due to employers will be eliminated from May 1. Its rate, established at 0.5%, so the employer’s unemployment insurance rate at 4.05%. Therefore, it is now 4%.
This contribution, established in October 2017, should not have an initial useful life of more than 36 months. Therefore, it should have ended in September 2020.
His abolition was finally held on May 1, 2025 for a November 2024 support on the November 10, 2023 comprehension memorandum in relation to unemployment insurance.
• Last month for the income statement in 54 departments
The 2025 income statement campaign has been open since April 10. For departments ranging from 1 to 19, it ends on May 22. For those who go from 20 to 54, it is May 28. For the other departments, it ends on June 5.
From this year, married or PAC couples automatically benefit from an individual sampling frequency, unless they oppose it. In addition, income from platforms such as Vinned or Leboncoin should now be informed, even if they are not taxed.
• The end of the free gray card for electricity
As of May 1, electric cars buyers will have to adjust their gray card. Exempt from this invoice since 2020, these new owners will pay between 43 and 60 euros per fiscal horse, depending on the region. Only those who will acquire their car in Hauts-de-France will continue to benefit from free.
Source: BFM TV
