PREMIUM INFLATION. The payment of the inflation bonus has been disrupted in recent weeks. Some beneficiaries have still not received it. So how do I complain and to whom? Response elements.
[Mis à jour le 4 mars 2022 à 09h45] The inflation bonus of 100 euros should have been paid to the 38 million beneficiaries before February 28. However, several thousand French people realized that the transfer had never arrived in their bank account. Administrative error, oversight or imbroglio between payment organizations? We explain to you why you did not receive it, and how to claim it in March.
Some have been forgotten, and others victims of administrative misunderstanding between Employment center and the Caf. The two entities for a time passed the buck to find out who should pay the inflation bonus in certain very specific cases. Finally, for certain pensioners affiliated to the scheme Agirc-Arrco, the inflation premium should not delay any longer. The transaction processing times applied by your bank can reach 5 working days. The transfer having been made, no later than February 28, you should receive the transfer labeled “inflation compensation” on Saturday March 5, last deadline. So, how to obtain compensation, and file a claim in order to obtain the inflation bonus during the month of March?
First, we advise you to approach thepaying body in charge of payment. Your employer if you are an employee, or Crous if you are a student, for example. Then the Government announced the setting up very soon of a online platform dedicated to the payment of the inflation bonus for the “forgotten” of the device”. A brand new site which should see the light of day “early March” according to the words of the executive. We will tell you the procedure to follow as soon as the site will be taken out of the ground and presented.To avoid any misunderstanding, remember that obtaining the inflation bonus is subject to the following two criteria: being a French resident, and receiving a salary or a retirement pension of less than 2,000 euros Otherwise, it is not necessary to apply for it in March, you are absolutely not eligible.
Are you one of the categories of beneficiaries who should have already received the inflation bonus, even before February 2022 for some? Do not panic. We advise you to contact the organization or company that should make the transfer to your bank account. No dedicated inflation bonus number is available on any platform. Don’t know who to contact? Here is a list of preferred contacts below:
- For employees: the employer
- For students : the CROUS
- For job seekers: Employment center
- For recipients of social benefits: the CAF
- For cross-border workers: the relevant tax office
- For farmers: a MSA
- For non-agricultural self-employed: Urssaf
Also, some professions still do not know the exact date of payment of the inflation bonus. It should not delay any longer and should take place at the very beginning of the month of mars 2022. 300,000 self-employed entrepreneurs whose bank details (RIB) are not known to Urssaf are particularly concerned. In this case, Urssaf is supposed to contact the beneficiaries concerned and pay the inflation bonus in the coming days, beginning of February 2022. Finally, for certain people in the following categories, the inflation bonus has still not been paid, no more :
- Author artists
- Self-employed seafarers
- Invalidity pension recipients
The inflation bonus payment has faced various problems since its launch in December 2021. Many potential beneficiaries have still not received it despite meeting all the criteria. In particular employees of private employers on sick leave on October 31 or job seekers removed from Pôle Emploi, supported in a second time by Social Security, as revealed by our colleagues fromRMC.
In this sense, the government would work on the creation of a dedicated website to those “forgotten” of the inflation bonus. A brand new platform that would allow those who still have not received it to claim it in due form. Launch of this new site? Mars 2022. Today, no such service exists, hence the confusion of some beneficiaries.
If you are retired and meet the two mandatory conditions, the inflation bonus of 100 euros will be paid to you Monday, February 28. Please note that you will not receive your inflation bonus at the same time as your pension payment. To claim it, here are the two essential conditions: to be French resident and have a retirement pension less than 2,000 euros net per month.
If you receive a pension from general schemel’Retirement insurance will pay you the prime inflation in the amount of 100 euros. Remember that the service of pensions of the State will pay this premium only if the Retirement insurance or the MSA does not pay it.
Here is an inventory of the different paying agencies depending on your situation:
- Retired with combined pension employment: Employer
- Retired beneficiary of a progressive retirement: Employer
- Retiree benefiting from early asbestos retirement (ACAATA): Employer
- Retired beneficiary of an early cessation of activity: Employer
- Retired beneficiary of ASPA: Employer
- Retired not receiving any pension from the general scheme: Cars
- Retired beneficiary of theAAH attached to the general scheme: Caf
- Retired beneficiary of a disability pension: Fund paying invalidity pension
Important, the inflation bonus will not be paid to you with your pension! The payment is totally independent and no action is to be taken. The transfer is made automatically by the pension fund concerned. In addition, the sum paid is not taxable and cannot be taken into account in the calculation of your resources for the allocation of social assistance such asASPA. Finally, the State Pensions Service may be called upon to pay the inflation bonus, only if the Pension Insurance or the MSA don’t pay it.
The inflation allowance will be paid to people whose earned income or replacement income is less than €2,000 net per month. It will be granted to persons receiving allowances and social benefits.
The list of the main categories of beneficiaries is as follows:
- Employees of private employers, including apprentices and beneficiaries of a professionalization contract
- Public officials
- Recipients of early retirement
- Self-employed workers
- Author artists
- Job seekers and vocational training trainees
- Recipients of invalidity pensions
- Retired persons, including beneficiaries of survivor’s pensions
- Scholarship students and those receiving housing aid
- Young people on a support path to employment or in civic service or volunteering for integration
- Beneficiaries of social minima
The bonus of 100 euros is granted on an individual basis. In other words, the composition of the household is not taken into account to determine eligibility for inflation compensation. Thus, a couple can receive up to 200 euros, ie 100 euros each or only 100 euros if only one of the spouses meets the income conditions (see below). In total, 38 million French people will benefit from the 100 euro inflation check.
But who is affected? To determine eligibility for the inflation allowance, the government has determined a ceiling: are therefore concerned French people who earn less than 2,000 euros net per month – before application of the withholding tax -, regardless of their status and profession. To determine the reference salary, the executive has chosen the month of October 2021. Would you like to know more about the 100 euro bonus? Linternaute.com answers all your questions. Consult our dedicated file now:
To be eligible, you must win less than 2,000 euros net per month, i.e. 2,600 euros gross for the month from October 2021, whether you are a civil servant, employee, self-employed or retired. Note: this ceiling of 2,000 euros net corresponds to your remuneration before deduction at source. On the payslip, it will therefore simply be necessary to check the line “net payable before income tax“, above “net payable”.
Please note: if you are on a short contract (excluding temporary work), the payment of the 100 euro bonus is not automatic “if the cumulative working time with the same employer is less than 20 hours”, warns the government in its file of hurry. “It will assume that the beneficiary expressly reports to one of his employers, preferably the one with whom the employment relationship is still ongoing, or failing that the one for which they worked the most hours during the month of October. “. What about other situations? Linternaute.com summarizes them for you:
- For retirees : you receive the minimum old age (ASPA) or the total amount of your pensions (general scheme, supplementary, survivor’s pension, etc.) is less than 2,000 euros net in October 2021. “The assessment of resources will be made on the basis of the amount of basic and supplementary retirement pensions (eg AGIRC-ARRCO), including survivors’ pensions [du mois d’octobre 2021]“, it says.
- For independents: you must have been active in October 2021 and have declared to the Urssaf or the MSA an activity income of less than 2,000 euros net per month “for the year 2020”, it is indicated. “The net income retained is that calculated during the annual declaration of income”, it is recalled. “If the activity is created over the period January-October 2021, this condition will be considered satisfied”.
- For the self-employed : your turnover must be at least equal to 900 euros between January 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021. “This amount must also correspond to an average income of 2,000 euros net per month over the period, which corresponds , taking into account the application of tax deductions according to the nature of their activity, to an average monthly turnover of: €4,000 for craftsmen; €6,897 for traders; €3,030 for the liberal professions”, we complete in the press kit.
- For job seekers : you must not be working and your allowance must be less than 2,000 euros net.