According to figures from the Caregiver Barometer, established by BVA Opinion in 2022, 5.6 million French people help a parent on a daily basis. PHILIPPE LISSAC/GODONG/PHOTONONSTOP Père Goriot betrayed and ruined by his daughters in Balzac’s novel of the same name, Père Bru, a former house painter, reduced to begging […]
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The exhaustion of the “sandwich generation”, these French people caught between their aging parents and their young children
This afternoon, Myriam Guilbert, silver hoops and discreet makeup, did not have time for lunch. It’s become common these days. She spent hours trying to change her mother’s mutual insurance contract, making appointments with her physiotherapist and speech therapist, and now has to pick up her son from kindergarten. Myriam […]
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Income tax: who takes care of the children in the event of separation?
When the parents are divorced or separated, it is the one with whom the children usually live who must count them as dependents for his tax return. This allows him to benefit from an additional half share for each of the first two dependent children, and a full share from […]
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Who owns the money in a couple’s joint account in the event of a separation?
Question to an expert I separate, can I take back the money I deposited in my joint account? Whatever the status (marriage, civil pact of solidarity or cohabitation) and property regime (community or separatist regime) they have chosen, many couples open a joint account to pay the expenses of their […]
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Declaration of income: these oversights, errors or bad choices that can be expensive
Declaring your income, child’s play at the time of the pre-filled declaration? If it has been simplified, it is better not to take the process lightly: certain situations are not automatically taken into account from one year to the next, and there are still some last-minute choices to be made… […]
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“Ageing well” law: for the government, no “big night” but “continuous reform”
French Minister for Solidarity, Autonomy and People with Disabilities, Jean-Christophe Combe, attends a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly, in Paris, on April 11, 2023. THOMAS SAMSON / AFP Jean-Christophe Combe, Minister for Solidarity, Autonomy and Disabled People, made a strong point of obtaining a majority […]
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Declaration of income: a spring ritual
EIt comes back every year with spring and concerns millions of French people. The tax return must be completed before midnight May 22 in its paper form, while the online version must be finalized between April 13 and June 8, depending on the department of residence. For many, it will […]
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Taxation: towards a merger of income tax and CSG?
Since the mid-2000s, the reconciliation of income tax (IR) and the general social contribution (CSG) has become a recurring issue. It was even a commitment presidential campaign by Francois Hollande. The project was finally shelved in favor of… the implementation of the IR withholding at source. The IR is a […]
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“For the payment of monthly mortgage payments by the borrower’s insurance for families of seriously ill children”
VSach year in France, about ten thousand families have to reduce or suddenly stop their professional activity to support their child affected by cancer, a serious illness or a life accident. If the State accompanies them by granting certain aid such as the daily parental attendance allowance (AJPP) or the […]
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The hiccups of gradual retirement
Progressive retirement: do you know? This device makes it possible to slow down gently, by offering those who wish to do so the possibility of ending their part-time career and starting to receive – in addition to their salary – part of their retirement pensions in order to compensate for […]