New aidEndedHousing taxNational

Tax credit for equipment for elderly or disabled people and technological risk prevention works

Article 91 of the 2005 Finance Act creates Article 200 quater A of the General Tax Code. For the main home it grants an income tax credit for spending paid between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2009: 25% of the cost of installing or replacing equipment designed for elderly or disabled people, 15% of works required by a technological risk prevention plan and of the purchase of variable-frequency traction lifts in apartment buildings. Spending is capped over the period at €5,000 for a single person and €10,000 for a couple, plus increases per dependant.

Measure originators

InitiatorGVT
Dominique Bussereau
Gouvernement
InitiatorGVT
Nicolas Sarkozy
Gouvernement
Amount
€10,000
Impact on public finances
Costs €40m/yrtotal cost of the scheme · 2005 estimate · State
Source of the estimate: Sénat, rapport général n° 74 (2004-2005), tome III, examen des articles de la seconde partie (article 66) (Indirect official figure)

A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.

Effective date
1 January 2005

Measure impact

A household adapting its bathroom or installing accessibility equipment in its main home recovers 25% of the cost, even if it pays no income tax, from the tax on 2005 income.

Official references

Law number: Loi n° 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004 de finances pour 2005, art. 91
Official Journal: JORF n° 304 du 31 décembre 2004 (NOR ECOX0400222L)

Procedure timeline

Follow the progress of this fiscal measure through the different stages of the parliamentary procedure.

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3 / 3 steps
Completed
1 January 2005

Administrative implementation

Application

Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration

Application à compter de l'imposition des revenus de 2005 (II de l'article 91).
Completed
30 December 2004

President of the Republic signature

Promulgation

Publication au Journal officiel

Promulgation de la loi n° 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004 de finances pour 2005, publiée au JORF n° 304 du 31 décembre 2004 (NOR ECOX0400222L).
Completed
29 December 2004

Possible referral to Constitutional Council

Constitutional review

Décision de conformité / censure partielle

Décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2004-511 DC (article concerné non censuré).