Disabled adults' allowance: the way you report your income changes in some cases

The Adult Disability Allowance (AAH) guarantees persons with disabilities a minimum income to cover their daily expenses. It is paid to people with little or no financial resources.

Until then, as part of the AAH payment, income from professional activities carried out in an establishment and service of accompaniment through work (Ésat) were collected annually, directly from the French public finances general directorate. In most cases, people with disabilities, or their guardians, did not have to make a declaration of resources.

Since 1^er in october 2026, persons with disabilities, or their guardians, must file a quarterly income tax return.

This statement is used to calculate the amount of AAH paid for the next 3 months.

How do you file your quarterly AAH income tax return?

Now, every 3 months, you must:

• sign in to your « My Account » space on the website caf.fr, or go to your mobile application « Caf – My Account »;
• click on the message « adult disability allowance » that appears in your « my alerts » area (you will then arrive on your quarterly income tax return page);
• click on « start »;
• validate or modify your profile (family situation, address, bank details, etc.);
• declare all income you received during the previous 3 months (the remuneration paid to you by the State, and if applicable your Social Security benefits, your alimony and any other income). Amounts must be reported as « net taxable » (this amount is written at the bottom of your payslip).

This new procedure is being implemented gradually, between October and December 2026.

Your Caf must tell you, by mail or email, the month in which you must make your first tax return (in October, November or December).

Then, every 3 months, the Caf sends you an email or SMS message to inform you that you must make your declaration.

You can find more information on the procedure to be performed within the Caf tutorial « How to make your quarterly declaration of AAH assets on the internet? ».