In his new book, the Minister of the Economy questions the financing of the French social system. Bruno Le Maire points out the gap between net income and gross income which, according to him, reaches “40% to 50%” In accounting jargon, this “super gross” refers to the gross salary to which employer contributions are added.
“On average, these contributions reach 20% to 25%,” says a Parisian accountant specializing in payroll management. Even a business manager does not have such a gap between his gross and his net.