This is one of the measures announced by François Bayrou ten days ago to save money. The 10% reduction from which retirees benefit when completing their tax return should soon evolve and become a flat -rate reduction of 2,000 euros.
A report from the Public Policy Institute explains that the French with the smallest pensions will benefit quite largely from this change. A total of 1.5 million retirees, the pension of which is included Between 1,100 and 1,700 eurosshould thus gain purchasing power with this evolution.
In other words, these are those who win less than 20,000 euros per yearbut which are however taxable. In this case, the reduction of 2,000 euros reduces the volume of paid taxes.
The gain in purchasing power is minimal, a few tens of euros at mostbut it would also, at the same time, allow those who are bordering on the thresholds, to become eligible for social benefits.
This gain in purchasing power most modest will be largely offset by those who will lose it. The middle classes and the upper classes will be taken from 80 euros more for a single person which earns 25,000 euros per yearand 700 euros for the wealthiest, beyond 45,000 euros of annual retirement.