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“With its approximately 480 taxes and levies, France holds a world record!”

2023-02-03T17:48:27.290Z


INTERVIEW – While part of the French left demands that we tax the “rich” more, the authors of the World History of Taxes, Éric Anceau and Jean-Luc Bordron, return to this French specialty: fiscal inventiveness , and its counterpart, the revolt.


LE FIGARO.

- After the “whatever it takes” during the Covid pandemic, and as the crisis continues due to the war in Ukraine, how will France be able to reimburse the money spent?

By new taxes?

Eric ANCEAU.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has constituted a financial abyss for many States in general and for France in particular, with its famous "whatever the cost", intended to relieve companies and employees - more than 80 billion euros in subsidies for the years 2020-2021!

And, as a result, the war in Ukraine caused inflation and brought new money needs, especially since Bercy had previously indexed 260 billion national debt on inflation.

France must therefore find ways to reimburse the sums spent.

Even if growth can absorb some of it, there are not thousands of solutions...

Jean-Luc Bordron.

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Indeed… The tax, the loan, the sale of part of the national heritage or the reduction…

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Source: lefigaro

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