While it's time to prepare to celebrate Christmas with an often constrained budget, new additional expenses are to be expected from the 1is December 2024. We take stock of what awaits you in the coming days or weeks.
More expensive consultations
As of 1is December 2024, the new price scale for consultations comes into force. Toughly negotiated at the start of 2024, the cost of a basic medical consultation with a general practitioner increases from €26.50 to €30.
For children under 6 years old, the consultation will increase from 31.50 to 35 euros and variable increases are also planned for specialists. This agreement, signed between Health Insurance and private doctors, “will remain valid for a period of five years”.
Secure prescription
Starting Sunday, you will have to show a tamper-proof prescription to your pharmacist in order to obtain medications containing tramadol or codeine, two opioids. These medications cannot be prescribed for more than three months (12 weeks) without requiring a new secure prescription.
Gas prices
After a slight drop in November, the price of gas increases again in December. The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) announced an average increase of 2.5%. If you use natural gas for cooking and hot water, it will cost €0.14135/kWh and it will show a price of €0.11237/kWh for heating.
Christmas bonus
The Christmas bonus will be paid on December 17, 2024, a few days later than initially planned. And due to interbank delays, you will have to wait until December 19 or 20 to find it in your bank account. Its amount will be €152.40 for a single person without children. It will then vary depending on your marital status and the number of dependent children. Find the exact amount of the premium according to your situation here.
Taxes
Did you make a mistake on your 2024 tax return? Did you forget to declare deductible expenses on your declaration? No problem, you have a few days left to correct the situation. In fact, it is possible to make changes online until December 4, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. After that, it will be too late.
Housing tax
If you have a second home, you will have to pay housing tax. This year, you will have until December 15 if you made a paper declaration or until December 21 if you paid online. If you have opted for automatic debit, it will be made to your bank account from December 27, 2024, reminds the Service-public site.
Increase in catering
It's a small increase that comes into effect on the 1st.is December for employees in the hotel and catering industry. As of Sunday, the minimum hourly wage in this branch increases to €12 instead of €11.88/hour on the minimum wage. That’s an increase of around €20 per month.
Parcoursup
This is the long-awaited and dreaded moment for future high school graduates: the opening of the Parcoursup platform will take place on December 18, 2024. It is from this date that future students will be able to access the training search engine.
New this year, it will be possible to obtain data on past admissions, professional opportunities and success rates for each training course. High school students will be able to express their wishes from January 15, 2025.
Pinel device
The month of December 2024 sounds the death knell for the Pinel system, which offered tax advantages to investors in the rental stock. Introduced in 2014, it was revised in 2023, but deemed too costly for public finances, it will not be renewed in 2025.
