fake off – Invited to TF1’s “8 p.m.” this Wednesday, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal affirmed that France was an exception in the EU in terms of wealth tax
Gabriel Attal was guest of the news 20 hours on TF1 Wednesday eveningparticularly to make statements concerning a future unemployment insurance reform. While the Prime Minister was interviewed by journalist François Lenglet on the possibility of taxing “not the middle classes, but the wealthy classes” Gabriel Attal indicated: “France is not a tax haven for anyone. We are the only country in the European Union that has a national wealth tax, the real estate wealth tax, the IFI. »
Above all, it is not correct to say that France is the only country to have a national wealth tax, as the wealth solidarity tax (ISF) was abolished in 2018 by the government. by Edouard Philippe under the presidency of Emmanuel Macron. The latter was replaced by the real estate wealth tax (IFI), which, as its name suggests, only taxes property and real estate rights and no longer, for example, furniture or vehicles.
In the European Union, only Spain
France is therefore one of the rare countries in the European Union to have a form of wealth tax, although in France this only applies to a portion of assets.(…) Read more on 20minutes
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