The Christmas premium offers welcome support when approaching the holidays. Its amount varies according to the composition of the home and the aid already received. Discover the details and conditions to find out if you are affected this year.
Intended to lighten the holiday budget, the Christmas bonus is reserved for a well -defined audience. In particular, it concerns people who receive certain social assistance or those listed in Pôle Emploi.
When is the Christmas bonus paid this year?
The Christmas premium is automatically paid ten days before the holidays, in December. This payment generally intervenes in mid-December, Around December 15but CAF will confirm the precise date at the beginning of the month.
According to the number of children, what is the amount of the Christmas bonus 2025?
THE Christmas premium amounts have not moved since 2009. The government could decide on a revaluation, but nothing is planned for the moment. If there is no increased revaluation, the basic amount remains identical to that of previous years: 152.45 euros for a single person. Note that the amount of the Christmas premium varies according to the number of dependent children and your family situation:
| Family situation (RSA) | If you live alone | If you live as a couple |
|---|---|---|
| Childless | 152.45 euros |
228.67 euros |
| 1 child | 228.67 euros | 274.41 euros |
| 2 children | 274.41 euros | 320.14 euros |
| 3 children | 335.39 euros | 381.12 euros |
| 4 children | 396.37 euros | 442.10 euros |
| Per additional child | 60.98 euros | 60.98 euros |
Who is entitled to the Christmas premium?
To benefit from the Christmas premium, the main condition isBeing a social minima recipient Next: active solidarity income (RSA), specific solidarity allowance (Ass) or equivalent retirement allowance (Aer). Other aid also opens up the right to premium via Pôle Emploi. Your family situation is also taken into account, if you live alone, as a couple or with dependent children.
Christmas bonus or “Exceptional end -of -year help” paid by Pôle Emploi
In addition to CAF and MSA, the Christmas premium is also paid by Pôle Emploi to certain recipients. If your right to one of the allowances below is underway for the month of November or December 2024, you can then receive the Christmas premium by Pôle Emploi. Note that its amount is fixed, it amounts to 152.45 euros for the metropolis and the DOM and 76.22 euros in Mayotte, regardless of your family situation.
- Specific solidarity allowance (Ass)
- Specific Solidarity Allowance Training (ASS-F)
- The Retirement equivalent allowance (AER)
- Public internship remuneration (RPS)
- The remuneration of the Pôle Emploi training (RFPE)
- Aid to creation and resumption of corporate (Acre-Ass)
On the other hand, if you already receive by Pôle Emploi the return to return to employment (ARE), you cannot claim the Christmas premium, even if you touch the minimum of the ARE compensation.
What steps to benefit from the Christmas premium?
To ask or obtain the Christmas premium, no procedures are to be carried out. If you are eligible and you perceive the RSA, the Christmas bonus is automatically paid by CAF or MSA. Do you perceive the ASS, the AER or the flat -rate bonus for recovery of activity? It will then be Pôle Emploi which will take care of the payment. In any case, The payment of the Christmas premium is automatically done on the bank accounts of the persons concerned. Let us also remember that the Christmas premium is not taxable.
