The head of government announced Tuesday night on the first channel if the reform of income tax will be implemented from 1 January 2019 as planned.
The decision on the implementation of the levy of withholding tax on January 1, 2019 will be announced Tuesday by Prime Minister Philippe Philippe, invited to the 20 pm TF1, we learned from the Elysee and Matignon.
At a meeting held in the morning at the Élysée with his Prime Minister and the Minister of Action and Public Accounts Gérald Darmanin, Emmanuel Macron "asked for clarifications and identified possible improvements" , according to the Presidency.
This meeting lasted an hour and a half and the discussion was "intense" , said the same source.
The Élysée had initially indicated that the decision of the government would be announced "by the end of the day" , before specifying in the afternoon that Philippe Edward, invited Tuesday of the 20 pm of TF1, would charge the ad.
An expected announcement
The challenge is to announce whether this historic reform for the collection of taxes will come into effect on January 1st or if it will be postponed again or even buried.
It consists of levying taxes directly on wages and pensions, and involves nearly 38 million tax households.
Launched by François Hollande and Jean-Marc Ayrault, it has already been delayed by one year after the election of Emmanuel Macron. The latter revealed his hesitation on withholding tax declaring Thursday in Helsinki "need a series of very specific answers and to be sure of what our fellow citizens will live the day we put it in place if we put it in place .
This reform is notably fought by the Medef, the Republicans and France Insoumise.