On May 1, 2025, several allowances, including the AAH and the RSA, will be upgraded. The price of gas also drops for individuals. On the other hand, the energy check will not be paid this spring, but in the fall.
Decrease in gas prices, revaluation of aid, postponement of the energy check, abolition of the exceptional and temporary contribution, individual sample rate applied by default for couples … Here is everything that changes this May 1, 2025.
• Lower gas price
The price of gas drops from May 1. The kilowatt hour rate (kWh) for individuals heating gas switched from 0.12,412 euros in April to 0.1162 euros in May, a drop of 6.4%.
Individuals who use gas only for cooking and hot water will also see their bill drop. The price per kWh for them not from 0.1530 euro to 0.1451 euro, a decrease of 5.16 %.
However, this drop in prices only concerns individuals who have subscribed to an indexed price offer. Those who have subscribed to a fixed price offer, which are therefore protected against an increase in prices, will not be able to take advantage of this drop.
• Revaluation of the AAH, the RSA and the activity bonus
CAF aids and allowances, which were revalued in April, will be paid to their beneficiaries, with the new amount, on May 5. These will thus receive an increased allowance of 1.7%. This revaluation, implemented due to the evolution of consumer prices, concerns in particular the disabled adult allowance (AAH), active solidarity income (RSA) and activity premium.
Concretely, the AAH increases from 1,013.05 euros to 1,033.32 euros. The RSA for a single person will now amount to 646.52 euros and 969.78 euros for a couple. Finally, the ceiling of the activity bonus increases by 10.58 euros to reach 633.21 euros.
• Report of the energy check
The payment of energy checkwhich usually takes place in the spring, will be exceptionally pushed back in November. The government justifies this postponement by the late promulgation of the 2025 finance law.
This check, intended for nearly six million most modest households, is between 48 and 277 euros. To benefit from it, the reference tax income for a single person is less than 11,000 euros. For a couple it must be less than 16,500 euros.
• Deletion of this
The exceptional and temporary contribution (CET) due by employers will be deleted from May 1. Its rate, set at 0.5%, thus brought the rate of employer unemployment insurance at 4.05%. It is therefore now 4%.
This contribution, set up in October 2017, should not initially have a lifespan of more than 36 months. She should therefore have ended in September 2020.
Its abolition was finally made on May 1, 2025 by an endorsement of November 2024 on the memorandum of understanding of November 10, 2023 relating to unemployment insurance.
• Last month for the declaration of income in 54 departments
The 2025 income declaration campaign has been open since April 10. For departments ranging from 1 to 19, it ends on May 22. For those ranging from 20 to 54, it is May 28. For the other departments, it ends on June 5.
From this year, married or PACS couples automatically benefit from an individual sample rate, unless they oppose it. In addition, income from platforms such as Vinted or Leboncoin must now be reported, even if they are not taxed.
• The end of the free gray card for electricity
From May 1, electric cars buyers will have to adjust their gray card. Exempted from this invoice since 2020, these new owners will pay between 43 and 60 euros per tax horse depending on the region. Only those who will acquire their car in Hauts-de-France will continue to benefit from free.
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