In the “presidential project” edited by Emmanuel Macron’s campaign team, the proposal can be summed up in one sentence: “Allow all couples living together to reduce taxes as if they were married or in a civil partnership. » As the President of the Republic and candidate for a second term did not address the subject during his press conference in Aubervilliers on March 17, his team explained certain aspects of it in The Parisian, three days later. Friday, March 25, the government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, in turn seized on Franceinfo.
The idea is to “allow cohabiting couples to benefit from this tax system of the “tax household” even if they are not married or in a PACS”, said Mr. Attal, a close supporter of Emmanuel Macron. It would be “an option offered to couples”not an obligation: “The French will see if it benefits them and, if so, decide to do it. »
Blur around the control and the people in shared accommodation
Asked about the conditions for being able to benefit from it, he referred to the government and the “concerned ministers”who will be responsible for “implement this measure” if Mr. Macron was re-elected. Asked whether people with roommates could benefit from this possibility, Mr. Attal replied that “it is a right that exists in certain Anglo-Saxon countries”with some “conditions laid down”for example “to prove that we have been living together for a while”he explained, without being able to specify whether it would be a “condition retained for France”.
Gabriel Attal defended “a measure of purchasing power”declare your taxes together, which can reduce the amount paid, thanks to the « quotient conjugal » from « foyer fiscal ». It is also “significant progress for many French people”who “takes into account changes in society”with “couples who sometimes live together for a very long time and have not made the choice to marry or even settle”.