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Income tax exemption for child maintenance payments received

Additional article adopted by the National Assembly at first reading. A new paragraph in article 80 septies of the General Tax Code would exempt from income tax the sums received by a parent as the other parent's contribution to a child's upkeep and education (articles 371-2, 373-2-2 and 373-2-5 of the Civil Code). Applies from the taxation of 2026 income. The deduction available to the paying parent is not changed by the amendment.

Measure originators

InitiatorEPR
Gabriel Attal
Ensemble pour la République
Impact on public finances

No official estimate found for this measure.

Effective date
31 December 2026

Measure impact

Affects separated parents who receive child maintenance, mostly single-parent families: these sums would no longer be added to their taxable income from 2026 income onwards.

Official references

Law number: PLF 2027 (AN n° 3210), art. additionnel aprÚs l'art. 3 (amdt n° I-3648)

Sources

Stated positions

Public statements by members of Parliament on this measure · 7 statements

  • Marie-Pierre RixainEPRForParliamentary debate
    « La mĂšre qui assume cette charge fiscale bĂ©nĂ©ficie par ailleurs d’un quotient familial qui, lui, est plafonnĂ©. Le dispositif en vigueur est donc totalement injuste. »

    Translation: The mother who bears this tax burden also benefits from a family quotient that is capped. The current system is therefore totally unfair.

  • Eva SasECOSForParliamentary debate
    « Le groupe Écologiste et social est favorable Ă  ces amendements, qui exonĂšrent d’impĂŽt sur le revenu les pensions alimentaires versĂ©es, avec une prĂ©fĂ©rence pour ceux qui suppriment de surcroĂźt la dĂ©duction pour le parent qui les verse. »

    Translation: The Ecologist and Social group supports these amendments, which exempt child maintenance from income tax, with a preference for those that also remove the deduction for the paying parent.

  • Charles de CoursonLIOTMixedParliamentary debate
    « Si le droit doit changer, il faut changer des deux cÎtés ; autrement dit, si on ne fiscalise plus du cÎté de la personne qui reçoit, il faut rendre les sommes non déductibles du cÎté de celle qui les verse. »

    Translation: If the law is to change, it must change on both sides; in other words, if it is no longer taxed for the recipient, the sums must no longer be deductible for the payer.

  • Marie-Christine DallozDRMixedParliamentary debate
    « Des solutions intéressantes existent cependant, que M. le ministre a évoquées : déplafonner, par exemple, le quotient familial pour la personne qui perçoit la pension alimentaire. Vous risquez sinon de fragiliser les bénéficiaires des pensions alimentaires. »

    Translation: There are, however, worthwhile solutions, which the minister mentioned: for example, removing the cap on the family quotient for the person who receives child maintenance. Otherwise you risk weakening the recipients of child maintenance.

  • Marianne MaximiLFI-NFPForParliamentary debate
    « Nous ne cesserons de le rĂ©pĂ©ter : la pension alimentaire n’est pas un revenu, mais la contribution du parent non gardien »

    Translation: We will keep repeating it: child maintenance is not income, but the contribution of the non-custodial parent

  • Estelle MercierSOCForParliamentary debate
    « Imposer la pension alimentaire, c’est taxer deux fois la mĂȘme dĂ©pense ; c’est infliger une double peine aux parents gardiens qui sont dĂ©jĂ  parfois dans des situations dĂ©licates. »

    Translation: Taxing child maintenance means taxing the same expense twice; it inflicts a double penalty on custodial parents who are sometimes already in difficult situations.

  • Gabriel AttalEPRForAmendment
    « Cet amendement a un objectif simple : ne plus intégrer la pension alimentaire au revenu imposable du parent qui la perçoit. La pension n'est pas un revenu personnel. »

    Translation: This amendment has a simple aim: to stop including child maintenance in the taxable income of the parent who receives it. Maintenance is not personal income.

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Procedure timeline

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Pending
20 October 2026

Debate and vote

Parliamentary process

Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)

Vote solennel prévu à l'Assemblée nationale sur la premiÚre partie du projet de loi
Completed
15 October 2026

Debate and vote

Parliamentary process

Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)

Vote result
Adopted
Amendement n° I-3648 adopté le 15 octobre 2026 en séance publique, à main levée, sans scrutin public, portant article additionnel aprÚs l'article 3. Adopté à main levée, sans scrutin public. Avis favorable de la commission des finances, défavorable du Gouvernement (David Amiel), qui a proposé de retravailler le sujet pendant la navette.
Completed
1 October 2026

Council of Ministers

Internal validation

Validation interne

Présentation du PLF 2027 en Conseil des ministres et dépÎt à l'Assemblée nationale