Faced with the public deficit, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal is considering taxing annuities. To better understand what could be taxed, a “task force’ has been appointed and will report its conclusions within two months.
The government seems to tend to target exceptional profits, those of large companies taking advantage of extraordinary circumstances. But there is an unflattering precedent for the executive: the tax on energy companies' income. The latter was expected to bring in more than 3 billion euros in 2023. It ultimately generated 300 million euros in tax revenue.