A new local tax? “A debate before us” for François Baroin

The debate has agitated elected officials for several weeks. Should we create a new local tax to finance public services and local investments? The Association of Mayors of France is rather in favor of it. “ Personally, I am in favor of a great local freedom law. It establishes a new organization of public authorities with the creation of a financing law for local authorities, as there is for the State and Social Security.explains François Baroin, president of the mayors of Aube. Within this law, we must open the debate on fiscal autonomy. In the ideas that exist, it is not uninteresting to mention this contribution to income. I think that the idea of ​​a contribution aimed at each resident who benefits from public services is a subject that is before us. This will be a question at the heart of the next presidential election. »

Is the taxpayer ready to see the birth of a new local tax, having benefited from the abolition of the housing tax? “ It's a debate that is orthogonal to what people feel today, but we must preserve local investment which is the dynamic of the country, quality public services. For that, you need resources. It is not a question of adding a tax on top of built, unbuilt land. This involves recasting a broader tax that does not only rely on owners, which has been the case since the nationalization of the housing tax. », specifies François Baroin. Questioned by Ouest France, Prime Minister Michel Barnier dismissed “ the creation of new taxes ».