DECRYPTION – Set up by François Fillon and Nicolas Sarkozy in 2012, this system was cited as an example by the Prime Minister to recover approximately “two billion euros”.
It is a tax which has no“exceptional” than the name. Established more than ten years ago under the rule of Nicolas Sarkozy, the example of the exceptional contribution on high incomes was cited this Thursday evening on the set of France 2 by the Prime Minister to replenish the public treasury, bloodless. The most fortunate households, which have a “tax income of 500,000 euros per year, will participate in this effort”declared Michel Barnier.
Opposed to the principle of a minimum tax for the richest, the head of government said he wanted to rely on this system “set up by François Fillon and Nicolas Sarkozy a few years ago”. “We are going to add something for exceptional and temporary participation”in order to recover “two billion euros” approximately, he then added. Those around him specify that it will be a device “based on the same taxpayers”but with a “specific mechanism”.
No wonder: from his first steps, Michel…
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