Nicolas Bouzou 11:59 am, January 12, 2022

If the subject of the economy is not central in the French presidential campaign, that of taxation is much more.

The economist Nicolas Bouzou returns in Europe Matin on the proposals of the candidates for the presidential election in terms of taxation.

We are well in France.

Everyone has their idea on taxation, then, especially on the left where we of course find the re-establishment of the wealth tax (ISF) at Jean-Luc Mélenchon.

It is also found at Marine Le Pen.

This is one of the many points in common between Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Marine Le Pen on economic and social issues.

And then, at Yannick Jadot and Anne Hidalgo, we find the climate ISF, that is to say an ISF which is in proportion to financial investments in fossil industries.

The left's proposals

So anyway, on the left, it is not very complicated, as soon as we bring up a problem, whatever it is, whether it is the environment, education, Covid- 19 or perhaps the disappearance of Delphine Jubilar, the answer is the reestablishment of the ISF.

The idea that compulsory tax rates are among the highest among OECD countries and that France is the most redistributive country in the OECD, obviously, has not reached the ears of left-wing candidates.

It's a shame because it is important information and is quite easy to find.

The proposals of the right

On the right, we often find the idea of ​​fighting tax fraud, an idea that bothers me a little, not the idea of ​​fighting tax fraud, but that implies that we would not have done it. , whereas in reality, since the financial crisis of 2008, we have made enormous efforts and enormous progress in the fight against tax fraud.

So, more seriously, we find in particular in Valérie Pécresse and Eric Zemmour the idea of ​​lowering the tax on inheritance and donations.

That is an interesting subject which, in my opinion, deserves to be "dezemmourized", because for Eric Zemmour, it is a question of facilitating business transfers in order to take root in the economy.

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In any case, this question is a real subject, a serious subject.

The Economic Analysis Council, in a recent report, called for an increase in the tax on inheritance, questioned the Dutreil pact, which is a device that exempts a large part of the tax base from transfers of companies to the interior of families.

However, transmission in France is a real difficulty for many shareholder managers who want to retire.

And the truth is that we should rather amplify and multiply the devices of the Dutreil pact type to protect our economy.

Emmanuel Macron's proposals

There weren't many.

It's the least we can say.

But well, nevertheless, there was one in

Le Parisien

, the famous interview of last week.

Apart from the little sentences, it was still interesting and the President of the Republic declared that he would not increase taxes.

So, I'll admit it to you, it's a bit vague, it's fairly general, but it's still an important commitment.

That said, I am offering you something better: let's stop talking about taxes during this campaign because when we talk about the economy in France, we only talk about that.

And I promise you there are many other equally interesting topics.