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IT IS PART OF GOVERNMENT EFFORTS TO TACKLE THE IMPACT OF RISING PRICES, IN PARTICULAR FUEL COSTS Drivers who use their personal vehicles to clock up large amounts of work travel have been

handed a boost after the French government hiked a key tax relief. They can, if they choose, benefit from an increase to a travel allowance which was announced on Wednesday (March 23). The

change affects around two million French households that opt to claim their actual fuel and other work-related expenses (called_ frais réels_) when declaring their annual income to tax

authorities. Most people with more modest travel expenses do not detail these. Instead, the tax authorities give a flat, automatic 10% deduction on a person’s taxable income for their

work-related expenses (this is applied generally, both to salaried work income and to retirement pensions). The amount that can be claimed for travel fuel costs for those on the ‘real

expenses’ option, called a _barème de l'indemnité kilométrique_, has been raised by 5.4% It is part of government efforts to tackle the impact of rising prices, in particular fuel

costs. The allowance is calculated according to the size of the vehicle’s engine and the number of kilometres travelled. It takes into account a vehicle’s depreciation, repair, maintenance

and tyre costs, fuel consumption and insurance premiums. Paris said the measure is worth €100 for a single person earning around €2,900 a month. Gabriel Attal, Minister Delegate for Public

Accounts said: "I think that our action must be directed above all towards these French people, the middle class who work, who have the feeling that they are always asked for

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