KILOMETER SCALE 2022. The kilometer scale is raised by 10% this year, enough to save money on your tax return. Are you concerned? We take stock.
[Updated May 19, 2022 8:14 AM] The 2022 declarative campaign is in full swing, and the first deadline is fast approaching! It concerns taxpayers who have opted for online tax declaration. Indeed, for the departments between Ain (01) and Corrèze (19), the deadline for completing and returning your tax return to the tax authorities is set for Tuesday, May 24, 2022. On this return, there may be be mileage charges! And this year, the scale is raised by 10%! Very good news for some taxpayers who have decided to declare their professional expenses for their actual amount. As soon as all of your professional expenses exceed the ceiling of 12,828 euros, we advise you to opt for the actual expenses regime, which is more advantageous from a fiscal point of view. Note that to benefit from the revaluation of the mileage scale, it is necessary to choose the actual costs regime. This does not work with the traditional fixed allowance. Who is concerned ? Big wheels! These professions which require the massive use of a vehicle within the framework of the employment in question. Liberal nurse, home help, truck driver… So many jobs that should make some savings on the 2022 tax return.
To see this more clearly and get an idea of the impact of the revaluation of the mileage scale on your tax return, let’s take the example of the best-selling SUV in France in 2021, the Peugeot 2008. For a model whose power is equal to 5CV, here is the amount you will earn in 2022 with the revaluation of the mileage scale: You travel 4,000 kilometers per year with this 5CV vehicle. The calculation of the mileage allowance is as follows: 4,000 x 0.575 = 2,300 euros. The amount to be deducted from your tax return.
In other words, the revaluation of the mileage scale will allow you to earn 108 euros per tax return in 2022 according to the criteria set out above compared to the previous year. On average, this gain amounts to 150 euros, and can even fly away in the event of greater distances traveled. To find out all the amounts and details, refer to the different scales in our article (below).
The mileage allowance is calculated according to the distance traveled between your home and your place of work but also the fiscal power of your vehicle, a data to easily find on your car registration document. You can find the scale applicable to cars below with two examples?
This 2022 scale will also serve as a reference for setting the amount of flat-rate mileage allowances paid by employers to their employees, when the latter use their personal vehicle for business trips. These allowances are exempt from social contributions and income tax, without specific supporting documents, within the limit of the kilometer scale.
This more technical device which will have an effect on the amount of income tax of the beneficiaries of this new aid will in fact only concern taxpayers who make many journeys as part of their employment and who take advantage of their tax return to do so. apply their actual charges. According to the government, 2.5 million tax households do so each year. For what gain? On average 150 euros on each tax declaration. With the implementation of this new system, the households in question automatically waive the flat-rate deduction of 10% introduced by the tax authorities for other tax households. It is therefore necessary to calculate whether this radical choice is indeed a winner. A calculation that should be made by liberal nurses or home helpers, directly affected by this new device.
The travel expenses taken into account in the scale of the mileage allowance relate to transport from home to the place of work, professional travel during working hours, moving or double residence. The scale is calculated according to the power of the vehicle and the number of kilometers travelled. It includes vehicle depreciation, repair and maintenance costs, tire costs, fuel consumption and insurance premiums.
Faced with criticism from part of the opposition who considers the device too restricted in the face of the stakes of soaring prices, Jean Castex assured that this revaluation will have a real effect and could snowball. “This revaluation is also intended to serve as a reference, and therefore potentially to affect the mileage allowances directly paid by employers to their employees who use their personal vehicle”, underlined the Prime Minister, thus ruling out any reduction in VAT. on fuels.
The mileage rate applies to salaried taxpayers who use a car, motorcycle, scooter or moped to get to work, and decide to deduct their actual costs on their tax return. You can thus deduct on your tax return these actual costs corresponding to your travels. As a reminder, by choosing to opt for actual costs, you waive the flat-rate allowance of 10%. The scale makes it possible to determine the amount of mileage expenses to be reported on the tax return form. It is established according to the power of the vehicle but also the number of kilometers traveled during the past year. The costs declared must be able to be certified by supporting documents (invoices for repairs, purchase of tyres, etc.)
This mileage scale is used to assess the cost of using a vehicle for anyone subject to income tax. The costs of insurance, fuel, tyres, possible repairs, etc. are taken into account in this scale. On the other hand, toll bills, parking costs and loan interest linked to the purchase of the vehicle are not taken into account in this scale. The actual costs are to be indicated in box 1 AK of the tax return.
Make sure that the total amount of your professional expenses exceeds the amount of the flat-rate deduction of 10%. To do this, carefully keep any invoice or expense report, to be able to justify these expenses. They must be in line with your professional activity, and be necessary for it.
The revalued kilometric scale will apply within the framework of the next declaration campaign of income subject to income tax for the year 2021, which will open from April 2022. From 2023, the The government plans to introduce an automatic indexation of the kilometric scale in order to better take into account the evolution of the cost of ownership of a vehicle, in particular the cost of fuel.
Remember that these scales are calculated according to the power of the vehicle and the number of kilometers traveled. They take into account in particular the depreciation of the vehicle, repair and maintenance costs, tire costs, fuel consumption and insurance premiums. It is possible to add loan interest in the event of the purchase of a vehicle on credit, toll fees and parking fees. These travel expenses relate in particular to transport from home to the place of work and transport during working hours.
Since 2021, the amount of travel expenses calculated on the basis of these scales has been increased by 20% for electric vehicles
You will find below the kilometer scale applicable to cars for the year 2022:
Note: if the taxpayer has an electric car, he benefits from a 20% increase on the travel expenses he can deduct. A first.
Here is the 2022 kilometer scale corresponding to scooters and two red ones up to 50cm3:
Please note: as with cars, taxpayers who drive an electric scooter or motorcycle benefit from a 20% increase in travel expenses to be deducted from their income.
If you want to calculate your mileage costs to find out if you are eligible for the 10% increase in the scale, take advantage of the simulator set up on the portal of the impots.gouv.fr site.
Remember that the savings from which potential beneficiaries will benefit do not only concern fuel expenses but all the costs incurred by the use of a vehicle for professional purposes:
The revalued mileage scale will apply in the context of the next declarative campaign of income subject to income tax for the year 2021, which will open from April 2022.
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