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Olivier Babeau: "What does the hatred of heritage reveal?"

2021-12-30T19:04:30.159Z


TRIBUNE - In its last note, the Economic Analysis Council recommends further increasing the taxation of inheritance. For the essayist and president of the Sapiens Institute (liberal think-tank), beyond egalitarian discourse, the taxation of the transmission of heritage ...


France has inherited the hatred of heritage. In its last note, the Economic Analysis Council relaunches the debate on the taxation of inheritance by recommending a complete overhaul which would allow the collection of 12 billion more per year. Already in 2019, the government, through its spokesperson, announced that it wanted to look into this issue in a

“no-holds-barred reflection”

to

“fight against the progression of birth inequalities”.

The denial quickly brought by Emmanuel Macron could not hide that such a project is indeed present in the minds of many of our leaders.

The CAE note gives many enlightening details on the weight, real and growing, of the inherited heritage in the total heritage.

But is an increase in taxation the insurmountable horizon of history?

Not necessarily, if we want to remember that Sweden has completely abolished the inheritance tax and especially that France is already among ...

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Source: lefigaro

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