At the end of November, the Council of State considered that the services provided outside the home fell outside the scope of the tax credit enjoyed by private employers.

Thursday morning, Minister Olivier Dussopt indicated that none of the hitherto eligible services was excluded from this scope.

It was a big concern for the four million families who benefit from the tax credit for the employment of a person at home: was the scope of this tax advantage going to be restricted to only services provided to inside the home?

Thursday morning, the Minister of Public Accounts, Olivier Dussopt, wanted to reassure all the players concerned: the system as it has applied for several years has not changed and none of the services that were eligible until then is excluded. the scope of the tax credit.

Recourse to the law not excluded

During this webinar from the Federation of Individual Employers of France, the minister notably affirmed that the government would not hesitate to specify the law "to make it very clear".

"The government is committed to the stability of the fiscal framework from which the sector benefits," he said.

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A little more than two months ago, on November 30, the Council of State had established as a principle the fact that the tax credit cannot benefit from the services which are carried out outside the home of the private employer.

Many families immediately thought about bringing children to school.

A clarification valid for 2020

With the clarification made on Thursday morning, the driving of children remains eligible for the tax credit, provided that it is integrated into a global service that includes other tasks carried out, them, inside the home, which is generally the case for many families: it is the same person who looks after the children and who picks them up from school.

Important clarification: this clarification applies for the future but it also applies to spending in 2020. This will avoid any headaches for taxpayers when they have to file their next income tax return: they will not be obliged to distinguish what has been done at home and what was done outside.