Issue No. 13

Health Cover
If your family member is not already in the
French health system, but has a CEAM
(Carte Européene d'Assurance Maladie )
you can add them to your own health cover
as a dependent.
How: Use form cerfa 14411*01 and send it
on to the French organisation which
oversees your own cover (CPAM, RSI,…).
Home Help
You need to apply for an Allocation
Personalisée d’Autonomie or APA (at the
local Mairie). A home visit will be made by
a doctor and social worker. They will
establish the needs of your relative and
assess your involvement in their day-today
life. You may be remunerated for your
assistance, or get support for home help.
Note: 1 month after you receive confirmation
APA is approved, you must declare if
you have engaged help. (cerfa 10544*02).
The amount of support you get depends on
the revenues of the person you are caring
for as well as how much help they need.
Tax implications & reductions
As far as the French taxman is concerned
your family member is now one of your
household for tax purposes; even if their
pension or disability income is taxed at
source it should be declared on your
household tax return. If not it should be
added as the income of a dependent. If
your dependent has no income, then you
should reduce your total household
revenue by 3.407€ per dependent, per
annum. Your annual taxe d’habitation may
also be reduced if your dependent is over
the age of 70, lives with you and in the
previous year had a declared taxable
income below 10.697€ (16.409€ for two
people).
The list of de-taxed installations is a long
one, so get in touch to check if your
planned works are eligible –
info@frenchadminsolutions.com