Single parents: an 80% tax credit voted in the Assembly

Les dates du reportage, des faits et de vérification sont distinctes.

Être in the present is est for a singular subject and sont for a plural one. It describes nature, state or place (“is”, “is located”). If what follows (the attribute) is a noun, adjective or prepositional phrase, it is not a passive. If a past participle follows, it is a passive (est annoncé). Headlines and summaries often use the present to describe the current situation.

Un amendement a été adopté le 15 au soir.

The past passive means “was done”. Its form is present of avoir + été (past participle of être) + past participle. Été does not change, but the last participle agrees with the subject in gender and number (la loi a été votée / les textes ont été votés). It is frequent in news reporting results such as votes, decisions and announcements.

Le crédit d’impôt s’applique au montant de l’impôt, contrairement à l’abattement sur le revenu.

A pronominal verb is used with a reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nous, vous) before the verb. It can mean “do to oneself”, “be done” or “do to each other”. In the news, se traduire (to result in), se tenir (to take place), s’agir de (to be a matter of) and se diffuser (to spread) are frequent. The pronoun changes with the subject (il se tient / ils se tiennent / je me souviens).

Le nouveau taux n’est pas déjà applicable.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Selon LCP, un amendement au budget 2027 portant ce crédit d’impôt de 50 % à 80 % pour les familles monoparentales a été adopté le 15 octobre : 51 voix contre 28.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Selon LCP, un amendement au budget 2027 portant ce crédit d’impôt de 50 % à 80 % pour les familles monoparentales a été adopté le 15 octobre : 51 voix contre 28.

De…à… shows the start and end, “from … to …”, and is also used for changes in figures. With dates, de + le becomes du and à + le becomes au, giving forms like du 13 au 15. Check whether the interval concerns dates, times or amounts.

Selon LCP, un amendement au budget 2027 portant ce crédit d’impôt de 50 % à 80 % pour les familles monoparentales a été adopté le 15 octobre : 51 voix contre 28.

Le 15 octobre means “on 15 October”. Distinguish the le before a date from the le that marks a weekly habit like a weekday. Du is de + le and au is à + le, so decide the meaning from the verb and period expressions around them. Their role depends on the group: a range of dates, the date of a bulletin or another complement.

LCPによると、国民議会は15日、ひとり親家庭の在宅サービスに関する税額控除率を50％から80％に上げる修正案を採択しました。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

現在すぐに80％の還付を受けられるという意味ではありません。

These forms limit and deny an interpretation: “it does not necessarily follow” or “that is not what is meant”. They do not necessarily deny every fact in the sentence. Read what is being denied together with the earlier part.

家庭のすべての支出が80％返るという案ではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

LCPによると、国民議会は15日、ひとり親家庭の在宅サービスに関する税額控除率を50％から80％に上げる修正案を採択しました。

As in “税控除に関する採決”, it explains what the following noun relates to. It is close to “about” and is common in headlines and descriptions.

法律全体の成立ではないため、新しい率での申請が始まったとは案内していません。

ため is used for both reason and purpose. “成立ではないため” is a reason and “運転手を守るため” a purpose. Decide from the whole sentence whether what precedes is a cause or a goal.

報道では、子どもの世話などの対人サービスが議論されています。

“暴言など” gives “abusive language” as one example. It is not necessarily a closed list of only the things named. It also helps when reading the scope of a news story.