The day after an exchange between Jordan Bardella and Gabriel Attal on this subject, the RN spokesperson qualified this measure contained in the party’s program for the legislative elections by mentioning for the first time a possible capping.
Should young people under 30 be exempt from income tax? This is one of the promises of the National Rally for the legislative elections. A proposal which can appeal to this age group, and which the party justifies by the desire to prevent young people from leaving France and favoring positions abroad.
The spokesperson for the RN, Sébastien Chenu, qualified this idea this Wednesday, June 26 on LCI by evoking for the first time a possible capping – a condition which does not appear in the official program of the National Rally for this election.
“There may be ceilings, we are not going to be in the caricature of the footballer. It is up to Parliament to decide,” admitted Sébastien Chenu.
This clarification appears as a response to the exchange between Jordan Bardella and Gabriel Attal on Tuesday June 25 during the TF1 debate. Especially since the RN spokesperson takes up the argument of the Prime Minister who noted that Kylian Mbappé, 25 years old, could benefit from this measure in the same way as any taxpayer under 30 years old. And this despite his salary estimated at 72 million euros per year at PSG.
“Why would a 31-year-old worker pay taxes and a 29-year-old consultant or trader stop paying taxes?” the leader of the presidential camp asked Jordan Bardella.
55% already do not pay any
The aim of this proposal, however, has a laudable objective since the idea of the RN is to prevent young graduates from going abroad, not to work less, but to earn more. According to l’Ifrap, a liberal think tank ardently campaigning for tax cuts, this measure would cost 3 billion euros to state finances. For the Montaigne Institute, the bill would be closer to 4 billion euros.
But above all, according to a study by the Asteres firm in 2022, it would not benefit the lowest-income workers. In fact, only 55% of those under 30 – the most modest – would be excluded since they already do not pay income tax due to their low resources. In a report, INSEE indicates that in 2021, the average income of those under 30 does not exceed 16,500 euros when the scale does not begin only 16,764 euros.
On the other hand, 25% of the wealthiest in this age group would capture 95% of the State’s shortfall with this exemption. The principle of fiscal equality would be largely undermined, as Gabriel Attal pointed out to the president of the RN.
“There are not many young people under 30 who pay income tax,” conceded Jordan Bardella to the Prime Minister on Tuesday evening, while defending the measure, without ever mentioning a ceiling. “I want tomorrow our engineers, our artificial intelligence talents, our future workers to be able to have the favorable framework in France which allows them to live and work in the country. I accept this budgetary choice.”
