Mileage allowance scale for actual expenses raised by at least 10% (2026 income)
Additional article adopted by the National Assembly at first reading. For the taxation of 2026 income, the amounts of the flat-rate scale for travel expenses deductible from wages (article 83 3° of the General Tax Code) could not be lower than those of the scale for 2025 income plus 10%. Fully electric vehicles are excluded from this floor. One-year measure.
Measure originators
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Measure impact
Affects employees and civil servants who declare actual expenses and use a combustion or hybrid vehicle: the deduction for work-related kilometres would rise by at least 10% on 2026 income.
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Stated positions
Public statements by members of Parliament on this measure · 6 statements
« Nous voterons pour cette mesure, car elle va dans le bon sens, notamment s’agissant de ceux et celles […] qui n’ont pas accès aux transports en commun. »
Translation: We will vote for this measure, because it goes in the right direction, particularly for those […] who have no access to public transport.
15 October 2026Parliamentary debate · assemblee-nationale.fr« Face à la flambée des prix de l’énergie, il faut aider les ménages ; reste que la revalorisation du barème ne constitue pas […] le bon véhicule. »
Translation: Faced with soaring energy prices, households must be helped; yet raising the scale is not […] the right vehicle.
15 October 2026Parliamentary debate · assemblee-nationale.fr« Il tend à revaloriser de 10 % le barème kilométrique des déplacements entre domicile et travail pour les salariés qui optent pour la déduction de leurs frais professionnels réels. »
Translation: It seeks to raise by 10% the mileage scale for home-to-work travel for employees who opt to deduct their actual professional expenses.
15 October 2026Parliamentary debate · assemblee-nationale.fr« Le dispositif que nous proposons, qui vise à revaloriser les indemnités kilométriques, est ciblé et borné dans le temps. […] J’appelle à adopter cet amendement, qui ferait du bien au pouvoir d’achat des salariés. »
Translation: The scheme we are proposing, which seeks to increase mileage allowances, is targeted and time-limited. […] I call for this amendment to be adopted; it would do employees' purchasing power good.
15 October 2026Parliamentary debate · assemblee-nationale.fr« Notre groupe partage l’objectif de ces amendements ; […] notre philosophie consiste également à soutenir la France qui travaille, notamment dans nos territoires ruraux. »
Translation: Our group shares the objective of these amendments; […] our philosophy is also to support working France, particularly in our rural areas.
15 October 2026Parliamentary debate · assemblee-nationale.fr« Le débat agite la Macronie, la droite, le gouvernement : comment régler au mieux de petites dispositions de saupoudrage qui ne seront finalement d’aucune utilité aux Françaises et aux Français qui galèrent pour faire le plein ? »
Translation: The debate is stirring the Macron camp, the right and the government: how best to fine-tune small scattershot provisions that will ultimately be of no use to French people struggling to fill up their tanks?
15 October 2026Parliamentary debate · assemblee-nationale.fr
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Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)
Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)
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