While the taxation of “superprofits” is preparing to animate the budgetary debate, the French Association of Private Companies (Afep) takes the opportunity to unveil its annual survey, carried out among its members, ie 110 companies.
According to their statements, the 110 companies surveyed contributed 77 billion euros in taxes, duties and contributions in 2021, which represents 18% of all compulsory levies.
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This share is relatively stable compared to other years
," notes Afep.
This amount represents 14% of market GDP.
With regard to corporation tax, these companies paid 13 billion euros in 2021. In the same year, all companies together paid 59 billion euros in corporation tax.
37.8 billion in employer charges
In terms of labor levies, companies would have paid 45 billion euros, including 37.8 billion for employers' contributions, the rest being devoted in particular to the apprenticeship tax, vocational training or even the 1 % lodging.
Production taxes represent an amount of 6.5 billion euros, including 2 billion for the contribution on added value (CVAE) which will be eliminated, in two installments, between 2023 and 2024.
Sectoral taxes represent 12.8 billion in levies for these companies.
This category is made up in particular of customs duties, non-recoverable VAT of establishments as well as taxes on precious metals or water.
Also questioned about the research tax credit (CIR), members would capture 28% and employ 100,000 researchers.
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Finally, on the controversial issue of dividends, which reached a new record in the first quarter of 2022, AFEP estimates that "
the increase in dividends is mainly due to the voluntary reduction in dividends (around 40%) during the pandemic
".
