The French have been more generous during the pandemic.
This is the finding of a study published on Friday, carried out by the Research and Solidarity expert network and entitled this year "
the generosity of the French in the face of Covid
", which is based on donations declared to the tax administration.
This survey points to both an increase in donations declared to tax in 2020 and an increased number of donors.
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The scope covers 5 million tax households declaring a donation in 2020 under income tax, as well as the 28,000 who declared one under the property tax (IFI), which has replaced the wealth tax (ISF) in 2018.
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After the drop in 2018, and the slight rebound in 2019 (2.4%), the amounts (of donations) for the year 2020 increased by 7.1%, almost as much as in 2014 (7, 2%)
”, note the authors. The number of households declaring a donation, "
in constant decline throughout the period 2013-2019
", increased by 3.4% in 2020. "
The average annual donation declared rose from 404 euros in 2013 to 570 euros. in 2020
”and“
the number of donors declaring themselves for aid to people in difficulty increased overall by 7.8% between 2019 and 2020
”.
"
By wanting to give priority to donations to organizations helping people in difficulty, the government has dried up other donations
", analysis for AFP Jacques Malet, president of Recherches et Solidarité, for whom "
we cannot speak of a tidal wave of tide of generosity in 2020
”.
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The study also looks at generosity by age and shows that, among donors, "
more than half (53.6%) are 60 years and over
", up slightly in 2020. This age group accounts for nearly 60% of the amounts declared. "
The average donation is all the higher the older the donors are (665 euros for those over 70, 347 for those under 30)
". However, if we correlate donation and average income, the effort of generosity "
of the under 30s is to be underlined
", in second place just behind the over 70s.
Regarding the geography of donations, the ranking by region is very stable from year to year with always the same four regions in the first places: “
Ile-de-France is for the first time in the lead in 2020, Brittany alternates between first and second place, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is very well placed and the Grand Est region is a little behind this year
”.
Finally, the study estimates at just over five billion euros the total amount of donations made by individuals in 2020, by adding the amount of declared donations (2.8 billion), undeclared donations that could have been made. be (1.2 billion), and donations that cannot be declared for lack of a tax receipt (hand to hand, rounding in cash, donations by SMS ...) around 1 billion.