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
A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.
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.
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Procedure timeline
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Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle