1. Taxpayers domiciled in France within the meaning of Article 4 B may benefit from an income tax credit in respect of expenses actually incurred for the contribution to the energy transition of the dwelling they own and which they allocate to their main residence.
On condition that the dwelling has been completed for more than two years on the date the work begins, this tax credit applies:
a. (Repealed)
b. To the expenditure referred to in this b, paid between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2020, in respect of:
1° (Repealed)
2° the acquisition and installation of thermal insulation materials for glazed walls, provided that these same materials replace single-glazed walls;
3° the acquisition and installation of thermal insulation materials for opaque walls;
4° (Repealed)
c) To the expenditure, paid between 1 January 2005 and 31 December 2020, in respect of the acquisition and installation:
1° Heating or domestic hot water supply equipment running on wood or other biomass, or solar thermal energy.
For expenditure on the purchase and installation of equipment running on solar thermal energy, the equipment is only eligible for the tax credit on condition that it incorporates a minimum surface area of solar collectors, set by joint order of the ministers responsible for energy, housing and the budget ;
2° (Repealed)
3° Heat pumps, other than air/air, whose main purpose is the production of heat or domestic hot water, as well as the cost of laying the underground heat exchanger for geothermal heat pumps;
d) Expenditure paid between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2020 for the acquisition and installation of connection equipment, or for connection fees and charges solely in respect of the cost of acquiring and installing this equipment, to a heating network supplied mainly by renewable or recovered energy sources or by a cogeneration plant, as well as expenditure, paid between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2020, in respect of the acquisition and installation of connection equipment or, in respect of connection fees and charges for their portion only representing the cost of the acquisition and installation of this same equipment, to a cooling network, supplied mainly by cooling from renewable or recovered sources ;
e) (Repealed)
f) to h) (Repealed)
i) To expenditure paid between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2020, in respect of the acquisition and installation of an electric vehicle charging system;
j) To expenditure relating to a building located in Réunion, French Guiana, Martinique, Guadeloupe or Mayotte, paid between 1 September 2014 and 31 December 2020, in respect of the acquisition and installation of equipment or materials to protect glazed or opaque walls against solar radiation ;
k) (Repealed)
l) Expenditure paid between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2020, in respect of carrying out an energy audit, other than in cases where regulations make this compulsory, including proposed work, at least one of which will enable a very high level of energy performance to be achieved, as defined by joint order of the ministers responsible for energy, housing and the budget. For a single dwelling, a single energy audit gives entitlement to the tax credit;
m) Expenditure paid, between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2020, for the removal of an oil tank.
n) Expenditure, paid between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020, for the acquisition and installation of controlled mechanical double flow ventilation equipment;
o) Expenditure paid between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020, for a single-family home, in respect of a package of work designed to limit the dwelling’s conventional annual primary energy consumption, based on the dwelling’s habitable surface area, for heating, domestic hot water and cooling, to 150 kilowatt-hours per square metre.
In this case, the dwelling’s tax credit will apply to the purchase and installation of a double-flow mechanical ventilation system.
In this case, the tax credit applies only to homes where the conventional annual primary energy consumption before the work, based on the habitable surface area of the home, for heating, domestic hot water and cooling, is greater than 331 kilowatt hours per square metre.
The tax credit applies only to homes where the conventional annual primary energy consumption before the work, based on the habitable surface area of the home, for heating, domestic hot water and cooling, is greater than 331 kilowatt hours per square metre.
The benefit of the tax credit in respect of this category of expenditure for work enabling the primary energy consumption conditions to be met before and after work is exclusive of the benefit of the tax credit in respect of any other category of expenditure for this same work.
1 bis. (Not applicable).
1 ter. Expenditure on the acquisition of equipment, materials or appliances mentioned in 1 is only eligible for the tax credit if it is invoiced by the company:
a) Which carries out the supply and installation of the equipment, materials or appliances;
b) Or which, for the installation of the equipment, materials or appliances it supplies or for the supply and installation of the same equipment, materials or appliances, uses another company, under a subcontract governed by the loi n° 75-1334 du 31 décembre 1975 relative à la sous-traitance.
2. A joint order by the ministers responsible for energy, housing and the budget sets the list of equipment, materials and appliances that qualify for the tax credit. It specifies the technical characteristics and minimum performance criteria, as well as the procedures for carrying out and the content of the energy audit, required for the application of the tax credit.
In order to guarantee the quality of the installation or fitting of the equipment, materials and appliances, a decree specifies the work for which compliance with qualification criteria for the company mentioned in a of 1 ter or the subcontracting company is required for the application of the tax credit when the work is carried out under the conditions of b of the same 1 ter.
When the work is subject to qualification criteria, application of the tax credit is conditional on a visit to the dwelling prior to drawing up the estimate relating to the same work, during which the company installing or fitting the equipment, materials or appliances validates their suitability for the dwelling.
In order to guarantee the quality of the energy audit mentioned in l of 1, a decree specifies the qualification conditions for auditors.
3. The tax credit applies when calculating the tax due for the year in which the taxpayer pays the expenditure.
4. For a single dwelling owned by a taxpayer and used as his or her principal residence, the amount of tax credit available to this taxpayer, taking all eligible expenses into account, cannot exceed, for a period of five consecutive years between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2020, the sum of €2,400 for a single, widowed or divorced person and €4,800 for a couple subject to joint taxation. This sum is increased by €120 for each dependant within the meaning of articles 196 to 196 B. The sum of 120 € is divided by two in the case of a child deemed to be equally dependent on both parents.
4 bis. a. The expenses mentioned in 1, paid from 1st January 2020, are eligible for the tax credit when the household income, assessed in accordance with the conditions set out in IV of articles 1391 B ter and 1417, is, in respect of the penultimate year preceding that of the payment of the expense:
1° At least equal to the following thresholds:
(In euros)
Number of people
making up the household |
Île-de-France | Other regions |
---|---|---|
1 | 25,068 | 19,074 |
2 | 36,792 | 27,896 |
3 | 44,188 | 33 547 |
4 | 51,597 | 39 192 |
5 | 59,026 | 44,860 |
Per additional person | + 7 422 | + 5,651 |
By way of derogation, where the household income for the penultimate year prior to the year of payment of the expense, assessed in accordance with the conditions set out in IV of articles 1391 B ter and 1417, is below these thresholds, the income for the year prior to the year of payment of the expense should be used;
2° Less than €27,706 for the first family quota share, increased by €8,209 for each of the next two half-shares and by €6,157 for each additional half-share from the third onwards. The increases are halved for quarter shares.
By way of derogation, where the household income for the penultimate year prior to the year in which the expense is paid, assessed in accordance with the conditions set out in IV of articles 1391 B ter and 1417, is greater than or equal to these thresholds, the income for the year prior to the year in which the expense is paid should be used.
b. The resource conditions stipulated in a. of this 4a. do not apply to the expenses mentioned in i. of 1.
c. The resource conditions stipulated in 2° of a of this 4 bis do not apply to the expenses mentioned in 3° of b of 1.
5. Subject to the provisions of 5 ter, for expenses other than those mentioned in 5 bis, the tax credit is equal, depending on the nature of each expense, to the following amounts:
Type of expenditure | Amount | |
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Households meeting the income conditions mentioned in a or b of 4a | Households that do not meet the income condition mentioned in 2° of a or b of 4 bis | |
Thermal insulation materials for glazed walls, provided that these materials replace the single-glazed walls mentioned in 2° of b of 1 | 40 €/equipment | (Not applicable) |
Thermal insulation materials for opaque walls mentioned in 3° of b of 1 | 15 per square metre for internal insulation of facade or gable walls, roof slopes and converted or convertible attic ceilings | 10 per square metre for internal insulation of facade or gable walls, roof slopes and converted or convertible attic ceilings |
50 per square metre for external insulation of facade or gable walls and flat roofs | 25 per square metre for insulation of external facade or gable walls, flat roofs | |
Equipment for heating or supplying domestic hot water using wood or other biomass or solar thermal energy mentioned in 1° of c of 1 | 4,000 for automatic boilers fired by wood or other biomass | (Not applicable) |
3,000 for combined solar systems | ||
3,000 for manually-fired boilers burning wood or other biomass | ||
2,000 for individual solar water heaters | ||
1,500 for pellet stoves and pellet cookers | ||
1,000 for log stoves and log cookers | ||
600 for log or pellet closed fireplaces and inserts | ||
1,000 for heating or hot water production equipment using hybrid thermal and electric solar collectors with liquid circulation | ||
Heat pumps, other than air-to-air, referred to in 3° of c of 1 | 4,000 for geothermal heat pumps | (Not applicable) |
2,000 for air/water heat pumps | ||
400 for heat pumps used to produce domestic hot water | ||
Equipment for connection to a heating and/or cooling network, and connection fees and charges referred to in d of 1 | 400 € | (Not applicable) |
Electric vehicle charging system referred to in i of 1 | 300 € | 300 € |
Equipment or materials to protect glazed or opaque walls against solar radiation as referred to in j of 1 | 15 per square metre | (Not applicable) |
Energy audit referred to in l of 1 | 300 € | (Not applicable) |
Removal of oil tank referred to in m of 1 | 400 € | (Not applicable) |
Double flow controlled mechanical ventilation equipment mentioned in n of 1 | 2,000 € | (Not applicable) |
Package of works for a single-family home mentioned in o of 1 | 150 per square metre of living space | (Not applicable) |
5 bis. By way of exception to 5 and subject to 5 ter, the tax credit is equal to the following amounts, depending on the nature of each item of expenditure, when this relates to the common areas of an apartment block, where “q” represents the share corresponding to the dwelling in question:
Type of expenditure | Amount | |
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Households meeting the income conditions mentioned in 4a | Households that do not meet the income condition mentioned in 2° of a or b of 4a | |
Thermal insulation materials for opaque walls mentioned in 3° of b of 1 | 15*q € per square metre for insulation of facade or gable walls from the inside, roof slopes and converted or convertible attic ceilings | 10*q € per square metre for internal insulation of facade or gable walls, roof slopes and converted or convertible attic ceilings |
50*q € per square metre for external insulation of facade or gable walls and flat roofs | 25*q € per square metre for insulation of facade or gable walls from the outside, flat roofs | |
Equipment for heating or supplying domestic hot water using wood or other biomass or solar thermal energy mentioned in 1° of c of 1 | 1,000 per dwelling for boilers fired by wood or other biomass | (Not applicable) |
350 per dwelling for domestic hot water supply equipment using solar thermal energy alone | ||
Heat pumps, other than air-to-air, referred to in 3° of c of 1 | 1,000 per dwelling for ground-source heat pumps and air/water heat pumps | (Not applicable) |
150 per dwelling for heat pumps used to produce domestic hot water | ||
Equipment for connection to a heating and/or cooling network, and connection fees and charges mentioned in d of 1 | 150 per dwelling | (Not applicable) |
Electric vehicle charging system referred to in i of 1 | 300 € | 300 € |
Equipment or materials to protect glazed or opaque walls against solar radiation as referred to in j of 1 | 15*q € per square metre | (Not applicable) |
Energy audit referred to in l of 1 | 150 per dwelling | (Not applicable) |
Removal of fuel oil tank referred to in m of 1 | 150 per dwelling | (Not applicable) |
Double flow controlled mechanical ventilation equipment mentioned in n of 1 | 1,000 per dwelling | (Not applicable) |
5b. For each expense, the amount of the tax credit granted under 5 or 5 bis may not exceed 75% of the eligible expense actually incurred by the taxpayer.
6. a. The equipment, materials, appliances and installation work mentioned in 1 refers to those shown on the invoice from the company mentioned in 1 ter. The energy audit expenditure mentioned in l of 1 refers to that shown on the invoice issued by an auditor mentioned in the last paragraph of 2. This invoice includes the statement that the energy audit was carried out outside cases where regulations make it compulsory.
b. The expenses mentioned in 1 are eligible for the tax credit, provided that the taxpayer is able to present, at the request of the tax authorities, the invoice, other than progress invoices, from the company mentioned in 1 ter or the auditor who carried out the energy audit.
This invoice includes, in addition to the information provided for in Article 289:
1° The place where the work or energy audit was carried out;
2° The nature of this work as well as the designation, amount and, where applicable, the characteristics and performance criteria, mentioned in the second sentence of the first paragraph of 2, of the equipment, materials and appliances ;
3° In the case of the purchase and installation of thermal insulation materials for opaque walls, the surface area in square metres of the opaque walls insulated, distinguishing between what is insulated from the outside and what is insulated from the inside ;
4° In the case of the acquisition and installation of heating or domestic hot water supply equipment mentioned in 1° of c of 1, the surface area in square metres of heating or domestic hot water supply equipment using solar thermal energy;
5° Where the work to install the equipment, materials and appliances is subject to this, the qualification criteria for the company mentioned in a of 1 ter or the subcontracting company when the work is carried out under the conditions mentioned in b of 1 ter;
6° Repealed.
7° Where the work is subject to qualification criteria, the date of the prior visit provided for in the penultimate paragraph of 2, during which the company that installed or fitted the equipment, materials or appliances validated their suitability for the dwelling ;
8° In the case of the purchase and installation of thermal insulation materials for glazed walls, under the conditions set out in 2° of b of 1, a statement by the company that these materials were installed to replace single-glazed walls;
9° In the case of expenditure paid for the purchase and installation of thermal insulation materials for glazed walls, under the conditions set out in 2° of b of 1, a statement by the company that these materials were installed to replace single-glazed walls
9° In the case of expenditure paid in respect of fees and charges for connection to a heating or cooling network, details of the cost of the connection equipment and installation included in these same fees and charges;
> In the case of the construction of a new building, details of the cost of the equipment and installation included in these same fees and charges.
10° In the case of an energy audit, compliance with the qualification requirements for the auditor mentioned in the last paragraph of 2 and the proposed works to achieve a very high level of energy performance mentioned in l of 1;
11° In the case of the purchase and installation of equipment or materials to protect glazed or opaque walls from solar radiation mentioned in j of 1, the surface area in square metres of the walls protected;
12° In the case of expenditure linked to a package of work, for a single-family home, making it possible to limit the conventional annual primary energy consumption of the dwelling for heating, domestic hot water and cooling, mentioned in o of 1, the habitable surface area of the dwelling, as well as the conventional annual primary energy consumption of the dwelling for heating, domestic hot water and cooling before work and after work, as determined by a method set by joint order of the ministers in charge of the economy, housing and energy.
c. When the beneficiary of the tax credit is unable to produce an invoice containing the information specified in b according to the nature of the work, equipment, materials, appliances, diagnostics and audits concerned, he/she is subject, in respect of the year of allocation and up to the limit of the tax credit obtained, to a write-back equal to the amount of the tax advantage granted in respect of the expenditure not justified.
6 bis. Repealed.
6 ter. A taxpayer may not, for the same expense, benefit simultaneously from the provisions of this article and:
a) the tax credit provided for in article 199 sexdecies;
or
b) Or a deduction of expenses for the purposes of calculating categorical income;
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c) Or the bonus provided for in II of Article 15 of French Finance Act no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 for 2020.
7. The tax credit is deducted from income tax after deducting the tax reductions mentioned in articles 199 quater B to 200 bis, tax credits and non-dischargeable deductions or withholdings. If it exceeds the tax due, the excess is refunded.
When the beneficiary of the tax credit is reimbursed within a period of five years for all or part of the amount of the expenditure that gave entitlement to this benefit, it is subject, where applicable, in respect of the year of reimbursement and up to the limit of the tax credit obtained, to a write-back equal to the difference between the amount of the tax benefit initially granted and the amount of the tax benefit determined in application of the provisions of 5 ter on the basis of the expenditure finally borne by the taxpayer. However, no write-back is made when the reimbursement follows a claim that occurred after the expenses were paid.