Buying a bike: the aid is extended for 2023, can you benefit from it?

The aid for the purchase of a bicycle which was supposed to end this month is being extended for next year. Even better, the help is enhanced.

We are all witnesses of the rise in fuel prices . This is a curve that has been steadily increasing for several years. As remedy you suggest maybe the use of electric cars . This is a possible solution. However, because of the conflict situation in Europe, the price of electricity is inflationary .

What else is the solution then? The Head of Government to initiate, last September, assistance with the purchase of a bicycle . This offer is doomed to end in December 2022. Fortunately, this Tuesday, December 27, the Ministry of Ecological Transition announced that aid will continue until 2023 .

Assistance with the purchase of a bicycle: a plan that is the pride of Élisabeth Borne

Relayed by the Actu.fr information site published on September 20, 2022, the Prime Minister said the first bike plan is 'a great success' . In 2021, the bicycle is the best-selling means of transport in France. The government not only provides help with buying a bike . Infrastructure that goes with it is also built.

At the time of writing this article, more than 14,000 km of additional cycle paths have been created . The Head of Government declared it, relayed by Actu.fr on September 20, 2022, she stated:

“We have made a lot of progress in the development of cycling infrastructure. »

Even more, more than 170,000 young people learned to use the bike . This is the illustrious 'Knowing how to ride a bike' plan. As a football saying goes, 'we do not change the winning team' . It seems normal that this year 2022, the government has once again had use this aid for the purchase of a bicycle.

Not only this year, this Tuesday, December 27, 2022, the Ministry of Ecological Transition and that of Transport announced two good news :

• The extension of aid for the purchase of a bicycle in 2023.
• Its strengthening and improvement

Assistance with the purchase of a bicycle: extended assistance

The first bicycle plan was initiated in 2018. An article published at the time, more precisely on September 15, 2018, Actu.fr reported:

“Prime Minister Edouard Philippe unveiled a plan to promote cycling in Angers on Friday”

Question of economy, health and ecology, this plan was a great success . Interview on Tuesday September 20, 2022, Élisabeth Borne described cycling as being practical:

“Accessible, ecological, good for your health…”

Thus, the bicycle plan will extend until 2022. Better still, a subsidy system for the purchase of a bicycle was initiated by the government last September . This aid system for buying a bike was supposed to end on December 31, 2022.

Fortunately, the government decided to extend it further in 2023 . Relayed by the Actu.fr site published on December 27, 2022, the government declared:

“They (the aid for the purchase of a bicycle) will be extended throughout the year 2023”.

More help

Already, on August 15, 2022, aid for the purchase of a bicycle intensified, with the aim of 'promoting the equipment of households and in particular the most precarious'. The amount offered for the purchase of a bicycle increased to 300 euros . Increases are offered for modest households and people with disabilities.

That was in 2022, for next year the aid will strengthen . As of January 1, 2023, the eligibility threshold for the offer has increased. The Ministry of Ecological Transition give details in a press release .

“The eligibility thresholds will be raised, from January 1, 2023, to cover 50% of the most modest households and 20% for enhanced aid (tax income per share less than €6,358 compared to €6,300 currently)”

Revaluation for the most modest messages is done as follows . If for the moment, the reference tax income per lower share is €14,089, it will decrease to €13,489 in 2023 .

There you have it, the extension and strengthening of assistance for the purchase of a bicycle is excellent news to start the year 2023 .

Source : Actu.fr