1. Open the right to an income tax reduction equal to 66% of their amount the sums taken within the limit of 20% of taxable income which correspond to donations and payments, including the express abandonment of income or proceeds, made by taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of article 4 B, for the benefit of:
a) Foundations or associations recognised as being in the public interest subject to 2a, university foundations or partnership foundations mentioned respectively in articles L. 719-12 and L. 719-13 of the Education Code and, for employees, corporate officers, members and shareholders of the founding companies or companies in the group, within the meaning of article 223 A or article 223 A bis, to which the founding company belongs, of company foundations, where these bodies meet the conditions set out in b. Donations and payments made by corporate officers, shareholders and members of these companies to these company foundations are deducted up to a limit of €1,500 ;
b) Of works or organisations of general interest of a philanthropic, educational, scientific, social, humanitarian, sporting, family or cultural nature, or contributing to the enhancement of artistic heritage, in particular through subscriptions opened to finance the purchase of objects or works of art intended to join the collections of a French museum accessible to the public, the protection of the natural environment or the dissemination of French culture, language and scientific knowledge;
c) Public or private, general interest, not-for-profit higher education or arts education establishments and consular higher education establishments mentioned in l’article L. 711-17 of the Commercial Code for their initial and continuing vocational training and research activities;
d) Bodies referred to in 4 of Article 238 bis;
e) Religious and charitable associations, as well as public establishments of recognised religions in Alsace-Moselle ;
f) Public or private organisations whose management is disinterested and whose main activity is the presentation to the public of dramatic, lyrical, musical, choreographic, cinematographic, audiovisual and circus works or the organisation of contemporary art exhibitions, provided that the payments are allocated to this activity. This provision does not apply to organisations that present works of a pornographic nature or that incite violence;
f bis) General interest associations carrying out concrete actions in favour of press pluralism, by taking minority shareholdings, granting subsidies or subsidised loans to press companies, within the meaning of 1 of article 39 bis A.
Donors may earmark their donations to finance a particular press company or online press service, provided that there is no direct or indirect economic or financial link between the donor and the beneficiary.
f ter) Communes, inter-communal forest management syndicates, mixed forest management syndicates and forest syndicate groups for carrying out, as part of an activity of general interest contributing to the protection of the natural environment, maintenance, renewal or reconstitution of woods and forests presenting guarantees of sustainable management, within the meaning of article L. 124-1 of the Forestry Code, or for the acquisition of woods and forests intended to be included within the perimeter of the management document mentioned in article L. 212-1 of the same code;
g) Endowment funds:
1° Meeting the characteristics mentioned in b or f bis;
2° Or whose management is disinterested and which pay the income from the donations and payments mentioned in the first paragraph of 1 to the bodies mentioned in a to f ter or to the Fondation du patrimoine under the conditions mentioned in the first four paragraphs of 2 bis, or to a foundation or association recognised as being in the public interest approved by the minister responsible for the budget under the conditions mentioned in the last paragraph of the same 2 bis. These organisations issue endowment funds with a certificate justifying the amount and allocation of the payments made to them.
Expenses incurred as part of a voluntary activity and strictly in order to achieve the corporate purpose of an organisation mentioned in a to g are also eligible for the tax reduction, when these expenses, duly justified, have been recorded in the organisation’s accounts and the taxpayer has expressly waived their reimbursement. Travel expenses in a motor vehicle, moped, scooter or motorbike owned by the taxpayer may be assessed on the basis of the flat-rate scale provided for in the eighth paragraph of 3° of Article 83.
1 bis. For the purposes of applying the provisions of 1, where donations and payments made during the course of a year exceed the 20% limit, the excess is carried forward successively to subsequent years up to and including the fifth year and gives entitlement to the tax reduction under the same conditions.
1 ter. The rate of the tax reduction referred to in 1 is increased to 75% for payments made to non-profit organisations which provide free meals to people in difficulty, which help to promote their housing or which provide, on a principal basis, the free care referred to in 1° of 4 of article 261 to people in difficulty. These payments are subject to a limit of €562 from the 2022 income tax year. They are not taken into account when applying the limit mentioned in 1. Notwithstanding the second sentence of this paragraph, for the taxation of income for each of the years 2020 to 2023, these payments are deducted up to a limit of €1,000.
The limit on payments mentioned in the first paragraph is increased each year in the same proportion as the upper limit of the first bracket of the income tax scale for the year preceding that of the payments. The amount obtained is rounded up, if necessary, to the next euro.
2. Foundations and associations recognised as being in the public interest may, where their articles of association have been approved as such by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, receive payments on behalf of works or organisations mentioned in 1.
The condition relating to recognition as being in the public interest is deemed to be met by associations governed by the local law maintained in force in the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin departments, where the mission of these associations is recognised as being in the public interest.
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat sets the conditions for this recognition and the terms of the decentralised procedure for granting it.
2 bis. Also eligible for the tax reduction are donations made to the “Fondation du patrimoine” or to a foundation or association that irrevocably allocates these donations to the “Fondation du patrimoine”, with a view to subsidising the work provided for in the agreements concluded pursuant to Article L. 143-2-1 of the Heritage Code between the “Fondation du patrimoine” and the owners of the buildings, who are natural persons or non-trading companies composed solely of natural persons and whose sole purpose is the management and bare rental of the buildings they own.
The buildings mentioned in the first paragraph must not be operated commercially. However, these provisions do not apply when the management of the property is disinterested and the following conditions are cumulatively met:
1° The net property income, agricultural profits, industrial and commercial profits and profits of commercial companies, increased by expenses deducted pursuant to 5° of 1 of Article 39, generated by the building over the previous three years are allocated to financing the work provided for in the agreement;
2° The amount of donations collected does not exceed the amount remaining to be financed in respect of this work, after allocation of public subsidies and the sums referred to in 1°.
The donor or one of the members of his or her tax household must not have entered into an agreement with the “Fondation du patrimoine” in application of the aforementioned Article L. 143-2-1, be the owner of the building on which the work is carried out or be an ascendant, descendant or collateral of the owner of this building. If the property is owned by a company mentioned in the first paragraph, the donor or one of the members of his or her tax household must not be a partner of this company or an ascendant, descendant or collateral of the partners of the company that owns the property.
Donations made to other foundations or associations recognised as being in the public interest and approved by the minister responsible for the budget whose purpose is cultural, with a view to subsidising conservation, restoration or accessibility work on listed or registered historic monuments, are eligible for the tax reduction under the same conditions.
3. Donations, as provided for in Article L. 52-8 of the Electoral Code, paid to an electoral funding association or to a financial agent referred to in article L. 52-4 of the same code that are granted on a permanent basis and without consideration, either by cheque, bank transfer, direct debit or bank card, and for which proof is provided in support of the campaign account submitted by a candidate, a pair of candidates or a list. The same applies to the donations mentioned in article 11-4 of Law no. 88-227 of 11 March 1988 relating to the financial transparency of political life as well as the contributions paid to political parties and groupings through their agent.
The donations and contributions mentioned in the second sentence of the first paragraph of this 3 are retained within the limit of €15,000.
4. (repealed).
4 bis. Also eligible for the tax reduction are donations and payments made to organisations approved under the conditions set out in article 1649 nonies whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area that has signed an administrative assistance agreement with France to combat tax evasion and avoidance. Approval is granted when the organisation pursues similar objectives and has similar characteristics to organisations whose registered office is located in France that meet the conditions set out in this article.
When the donations and payments have been made to a non-approved organisation whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area that has signed an administrative assistance agreement with France with a view to combating tax fraud and tax evasion, the tax reduction obtained is subject to reversal, unless the taxpayer produces, at the request of the tax authorities, supporting documents certifying that this organisation pursues similar objectives and has similar characteristics to organisations whose registered office is located in France that meet the conditions set out in this article.
A decree sets out the conditions for the application of this 4 bis and in particular the period of validity as well as the procedures for issuing, publicising and withdrawing approval.
5. Payments entitle the taxpayer to the benefit of the tax reduction, provided that the taxpayer is able to present, at the request of the tax authorities, supporting documents in accordance with a model set by the authorities attesting to the amount and date of the payments as well as the identity of the beneficiaries.
However, for the application of 3, receipts issued for donations and contributions of €3,000 or less do not mention the name of the beneficiary. A decree of the Conseil d’Etat will determine the application of this provision.
6. Donations and payments made to organisations whose purpose is to protect the cultural property mentioned in Article 1 of the Convention of 14 May 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict are also eligible for the tax reduction, whose registered office is located in a Member State of the European Union or in another State that has concluded an administrative assistance agreement with France with a view to combating tax fraud and evasion, provided that the French State is represented on the governing bodies with voting rights.
7. Repealed