[HIGHLIGHTS] In France, the fight against VAT fraud lagging behind

Government wants to rely on the implementation of electronic invoicing. This type of fraud costs the State between 20 and 25 billion euros each year.

The figures for the shortfall of all tax fraud in France oscillate between 30 and 100 billion. The European Commission's analyses, meanwhile, place France on the second step of the podium of the countries most affected by VAT fraud, behind Italy. "Other countries in Europe are reducing thistype of fraud through early detection algorithms. The France is very late," says Gabriel Attal.