The Government plans to remove a tax advantage which currently benefits 2.45 million households. A budgetary economy that could cost families dearly.
Raising children is expensive, and each family knows it well. Between tuition fees, supplies, canteen and activities, expenses accumulate rapidly. For French families, tax advantages therefore often represent welcome relief in their budget. These tax discounts allow parents to recover a few hundred euros each year, an appreciable boost when juggling with all the expenses related to children. But beware, one of these aids could soon disappear.
Among these advantages, there is one which directly concerns the education of children in college and high school. This is the tax reduction for tuition fees, which currently allows parents to deduct 61 euros per child in college and 153 euros per child at the Lycée de la taxe on income, according to service-public.fr. According to a report by the Board of compulsory levies in October 2024, this measure has so far benefited approximately 2.45 million tax households, which save an average of 183 euros per year. However, this aid could well disappear from the year 2026.
The finance bill prepared by the former government of François Bayrou provides for the abolition of this tax reduction for secondary education. This decision is based on the recommendations of the Board of Compulsory Drawings, which considers that “These tax advantages are a good example of ineffective and ineffective expenses which are not subject to any management in terms of targeting or evaluation”. The report also underlines a “Significant concentration” From the tax advantage on the highest income, two thirds of the beneficiaries being among the 30% of the wealthiest French people. This abolition would therefore represent a significant loss for the families concerned, who would lose between 61 and 153 euros per child educated according to their level of studies.
If the measurement is maintained in the final budget of the new Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, it would apply from the declaration of income 2026 on the revenues of 2025. However, nothing is yet definitively acted. As Capital.fr reports, the new Matignon tenant must consult the main political and union forces before finalizing the finance bill. He could therefore still modify or abandon this measure. Note that the tax reduction for higher education (183 euros per student) could be preserved, even if parliamentary reports also recommend its abolition. Parents will therefore have to wait until the fall and the passage from the budget to Parliament to know the final fate of this tax advantage!
