Present in several European countries, the fiery debate on the taxation of the “superprofits” of large energy companies linked to galloping inflation is not a first for France.
It is even a national sport to want to regulate all the ills of the country by various and varied taxes and contributions.
French companies, which take a dim view of the extent of this very political subject of "superprofits", have in mind the stormy precedents that have taken place under governments, both left and right...
It is indeed difficult to forget the famous “Juppé surcharge” for companies, introduced in 1995 by Prime Minister Jacques Chirac.
This "
additional contribution
" of 10% of corporate tax had been put in place as part of a plan to restore public finances to allow France to access the euro, the official currency of the zone. euro launched in 1999. The corporate tax rate was then…
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