A new impetus for parents. In a press release published this Wednesday, the Ministry of Economy announces that “after a successful experiment in 2020-2021, the Government has chosen to generalize the possibility for parents to benefit from an immediate advance” of the tax credit “for activities child care”. older than 6 years”.
Specifically, therefore, families only pay half of the real cost of the service, with Urssaf paying the other half directly, whereas until now they only recovered the tax credit one year later. This new facility is valid whether the home help is paid through a service provider or directly by the parents.
Other aid for childcare will soon be expanded
This expansion of the tax credit is added to that of other aid planned for families in the near future. For example, financial aid for child care, which is currently paid by CAF until admission to CP, will be extended until admission to university for single-parent families, the Minister of Solidarity announced on Tuesday, specifying that this measure would appear in the budget of the “Secu” will be presented next week.
The “child care free choice supplement” (CMG), assigned to families subject to means and currently limited to the child’s six years of age, will be extended “to single-parent families for children from 6 to 11 years old,” said Jean -Christophe Combe during a meeting with the Association of Social Information Journalists (AJIS). “It is an extremely strong social measure”, he added, stressing that “30% of single-parent families are in a situation of poverty”. This device had been announced by the President of the Republic during his re-election campaign.
Two other measures in favor of families were announced at the beginning of September, and they will be included in the Social Security Financing Bill (PLFSS). The first refers to the revaluation of 50% of the minimum alimony paid to single-parent families, which will go from 123 to 185 euros per month.
The second relates to the remaining charge for families caring for their young child. Currently, it is more expensive to use a nanny than a nursery, but the aid will be reviewed so that the rest to be paid is the same, regardless of the type of care, Jean-Christophe Combe said on Tuesday. The current differences in the care of dependent people create “competition” between the methods of caring for children to the detriment of nannies, who in some departments do not find work and leave the profession, said this official.
Source: BFM TV
