Gérald Darmanin is going to grant an exceptional bonus of 200 euros net, in February, for a 40,000 tax officials had permitted a passage, "bug-free", noted the minister of the Action and of the public Accounts, the collection at the source. Unlike exceptional bonus (défiscalisée and discharged under certain conditions up to 1000 euros) in favour of the purchasing power of employees announced by Emmanuel Macron mid-December, the cheque will receive these agents will not be défiscalisé. They will be, with the police officers to whom the ministry of the Interior has promised wage increases after the violent demonstrations by the "yellow vests" of December, the only officials to receive a gesture of the State-employer in the beginning of the year. A situation that causes for several weeks the ire of the trade union organizations of the public service.

"The trade unions have complied with the public service: there was no strike (for the passage to the withholding at the source) and I thank you for that"

Gérald Darmanin

"we need to reward merit and people who work a lot", justified Gérald Darmanin, during a visit to a call center in Lyon. This premium, which will cost 8 million euros, is intended to compensate for "the small work overload" arising from the implementation of the new mode of tax collection on the income. Since the beginning of the year, "things happen as they should happen without any major difficulties, even if you don't change the habits of a century in a few hours," has yet pointed out the minister. Moreover, "the trade unions have complied with the public service: there was no strike (for the passage to the withholding at the source) and I thank you for that," noted Gerald Darmanin.

The gesture, which is centred on 40,000 public servants trained in the collection at the source, is insufficient, has down the trade union Solidarity, which represents the majority of the general Directorate of public finances (DGFiP), which calls for its generalization to 103.000 agents of the DGFiP.