Question 2830 — taxes and duties

Summary

Ms. Bénédicte Taurine draws the attention of the Minister of the Economy and Finance to the revelations of the international consortium of investigative journalists. These paradise papers highlight a systematic evasion of tax by large companies and the wealthiest citizens even though these social categories are the major beneficiaries of the 2018 budget (flat tax, IFI). The minister rightly considers that he This is an “attack on democracy”. Indeed, United Nations economists estimate the shortfall from this aggressive (often legal) tax optimization at $500 billion. For France, it would be 20 billion dollars (or 18 billion euros), the equivalent of the “efforts” that the Government is asking of the French and communities to reduce the public deficit. He declares himself today in favor of new “sanctions”. However, in July 2017, the presidential majority rejected an amendment aimed at removing the Bercy lock on the criminal prosecution of fraudsters. Proposals are now on the table: making certain arrangements illegal, prohibiting the activity of banks in tax havens, creating an offense of inciting fraud and tax evasion, prohibiting the exercise of a corporate mandate for company directors who have worked in tax havens also strengthen the resources of tax services so that they can compete with the strategic purposes of fraud. She would therefore like to know more precisely what the Government's intentions are in order to stop this looting and restore tax justice.

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