Tax versus incentive. This is the debate that has been stirring for several months the political debate on the surplus profits obtained by certain companies since the beginning of the inflationary wave.
While in the left opposition we defend the idea of an exceptional tax, as some of our neighbors in Europe have done, the Government has chosen for now to encourage companies to make a gesture towards consumers and their employees. . Even if that means threatening them with a possible tax for later.
This is the line recalled by Gabriel Attal, the Minister of Public Accounts this Friday on BFMTV.
While the carrier CMA CGM has lowered the price of its containers and Total has granted a bonus of 20 cents on the liter of fuel sold at these stations since Thursday, the Budget Minister considers that this strategy has so far borne fruit.
Corporate tax yields more
A decision not to tax (for the time being) these companies that the minister considers to be in accordance with the Government’s tax policy.
The Minister of Budgets thus indicates that in July the Corporation Tax collected 1,700 million euros above Bercy’s forecasts.
Source: BFM TV
