You should know that today, the employer is not required to participate in your fuel costs when you go to work with your car. He can do it, in part or totally, but it is not an obligation. On the other hand, if you come to work by public transport – by train, or by metro for example –, he must reimburse you 50% of the transport costs. Moreover, the inhabitants of the big cities know it well, the employers support half of the Navigo pass in Paris, the TCL subscription in Lyon, etc.
Following this logic, the government is considering obliging or in any case encouraging employers to participate in the fuel expenses of those who use their car for work. The incentive could be temporary, a few months at least, the time to pass the wave of these price increases.
The bosses say they too suffer from this surge in prices. No need to add extra fees. They also recall that for employees who travel a lot of kilometers, they often provide company vehicles, or card systems with which employees pay directly at the pump. Finally, it is different from daily journeys, but if an employee takes his personal vehicle for a professional journey, there is a compulsory mileage coverage depending on the vehicle. In short, discussions are lively between Bercy and employers.
Bercy is working on the mileage package scale. The idea is to raise it, which would amount, in fact, to increasing the tax deduction of their income tax return, when they are at the real expense, that is to say 2.5 million people concerned. This option would especially help the self-employed, those who are self-employed, such as the liberal nurse or the electrician who travels a lot of kilometers every day.
Advantage: raising the scale is easy, no need to go through an amending finance bill, as for the adoption of a check or an inflation bonus, And it is also less costly for the State. Disadvantage: it would only help those who pay income tax, and therefore not the most modest, who do not pay it. Last week, Bruno Le Maire said he was open to this proposal, but nothing has been decided yet. Anyway, mileage package, or boost from employers, the government wants aid targeted at the active, those who have no choice but to take their car to work.