Laurent Saint-Martin specifies which households will be affected

POLITICS – The Prime Minister had warned, just as Bercy confirmed the government’s desire to find 20 billion in revenue to complete the 2025 budget. This Thursday, October 3 on France 2, the Minister of the Budget, Laurent Saint-Martin, specifies (a little) the executive’s plans in this area, breaking a Macronist taboo in the process.

“We are going to make targeted, temporary, exceptional contributions, first to large businesses, but also to households who can participate,” he announced, before giving examples of those who could be affected by a tax increase. “ For some households, we are talking about 0.3%, a household without children which receives income of around 500,000 euros per year, (…) we can legitimately ask the wealthiest taxpayers in this country to participate “, illustrated Laurent Saint-Martin, emphasizing the exceptional and temporary nature of this tax effort.

It is therefore a tiny part of the wealthiest taxpayers who will be affected by this tax increase, since according to the Observatory of Inequalities, can be considered as “ riches » people receiving 3,860 euros monthly after direct debit. “We are really talking about the most fortunate,” also insisted Laurent Saint-Martin. Quoted by AFP, his ministry actually puts the number of households that will be affected by the measure at 75,000. Very little compared to the total number of households: 30.6 million in 2021 according to INSEE.

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