The government has turned around. The Prime Minister announced on Wednesday that the government was abandoning the widely disputed project among the majority, and by the main stakeholders, to remove the tax exemption granted to non-dependent elderly people when they employ home help. "I asked the Minister of Labor to abandon this measure," said Philippe Philippe before the National Assembly during questions to the government.
To recover about 300 million euros in savings, the government had initially decided to put an end, in the 2020 Finance Bill, to the exemption of employers' charges for people over 70 who employ an employee at home, for household or gardening for example.
Vivid criticism
This measure immediately aroused strong criticism from oppositions on the left and right. The grumbling had also gained the majority and several deputies of the Republic in march had expressed their great reservations to the Prime Minister. "This decision would have deserved a much more in-depth consultation," said Wednesday Philippe Philippe, in response to a question from an MP LR, Gilles Lurton. The head of government said that the Minister of Labor, Muriel Pénicaud, "will quickly send other proposals that will be subject to consultation with parliamentarians and with sectors concerned."