Question 10926 — value added tax

Summary

Mr. Didier Paris draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy and Finance to the ongoing evaluation of tax systems in all ministries, in order to identify possible savings measures. Some economic players are rightly concerned about the decisions that could be taken, particularly in terms of calling into question the reduced rate VAT for energy renovation work on buildings. He wishes remember that the reduced rate VAT concerning work in the building sector is an essential support for the purchasing power of households, particularly within the framework of the incentive system for the energy renovation of housing. The plan to combat energy poverty in buildings announced on April 26, 2018 sets the objective of renovating in 10 years 1.5 million thermal sieves inhabited by household owners in low income. This ambitious plan will not succeed if the VAT rate on the work concerned were to increase: low-income households, the first to be affected by this measure, would then give up undertaking energy renovation work on their homes. Furthermore, this measure, if it were to be taken, would have disastrous consequences for construction companies and would inevitably lead to recourse reinforced to illegal and undeclared work with all the consequences that we know: weakening of the social protection system, cost of stopping the market which is nevertheless a priority for renovation, deterioration of the employment market (forecast of short-term dismissal of 30,000 employees in the construction sector), He wishes to know the Government's position on its intentions concerning the maintenance of VAT at a reduced rate for energy renovation work on buildings.

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