Set up to mitigate the increase in energy, the "
shield
" on the price of electricity will lead to a loss of tax revenue to the tune of 5.1 billion euros in 2022, the Minister of Public Accounts said on Monday. Olivier Dussopt.
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In addition to the energy check of 100 euros for the most modest households which will be debated later in the discussion of the state budget, this "
shield
" consists of a freeze of regulated gas prices and a limitation to 4% of the tariff. regulation of electricity in early 2022, via taxation.
The cost of the "
shield
" was not given during the vote Thursday by the Assembly of the amendment reflecting these announcements.
A budget deficit of -148.4 billion euros
The minister revealed it to the deputies on Monday: "
Gross domestic tax revenue on final electricity consumption is reduced by 5.1 billion euros,
" he said, announcing a deterioration in the balance of the state planned for 2022.
The budget deficit will amount to -148.4 billion, a figure which remains provisional since it only takes into account the amendments voted during the examination of the first part of the budget devoted to revenue.
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Olivier Dussopt specified that he had not yet entered the cost of the “
shield
” on gas: the fiscal mechanism will only be activated, month by month, if the gas price exceeds that of October.
"
Nothing guarantees us that we will be brought - I was going to say cornered - to activate this device
", he noted.
