Crisis or no crisis, it is a very French habit to focus on a tax subject.
The 10 billion euro reduction in production taxes from next year, a key measure in the stimulus plan currently being examined in Parliament, is no exception.
The deputies on the left continue to criticize the low earnings for small businesses and the “freebies” for the big ones.
An air of deja vu.
The criticisms were similar during the implementation of the tax credit for competitiveness and employment (CICE) to reduce the cost of labor.
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This is to forget a little quickly that these taxes, evaluated at more than 70 billion euros, weigh heavily on the competitiveness of French companies.
France is the European country where these taxes on production activities are the highest.
In addition, they largely contribute to increasing corporate taxation, which represents 15.7% of all compulsory levies against 12.9% on average in the EU, the Court recently underlined.
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