When he arrived at his post in May 2019, the director general of the tax department did not think that he would soon be asked to spend billions of euros for months.
Today, Jérôme Fournel readily acknowledges this:
“When I was asked if the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFiP) could manage the solidarity fund last March, during an interministerial meeting, I was far from imagine that 19 billion credits would be budgeted for this device in 2020 and 7 billion this year
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Set up in less than 15 days only to deal with the coronavirus crisis, this fund was initially intended to support very small businesses and professionals affected by the first confinement.
Since then, it has continued to expand and now targets companies of all sizes affected by endless administrative closures or in great difficulty and listed as such.
It is today the pillar of crisis management.
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