The President of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet (Renaissance) called, this Friday March 22, to “start thinking” about an “exceptional” contribution on the “superprofits” or “superdividends” of large companies, while the public deficit is slipping.
“We do not want French taxes to increase.” “That being said, I am in favor of looking at” a possible “exceptional” contribution from companies “when there are superdividends, superprofits, massive share buybacks,” she declared on France Bleu Sud Lorraine . “It seems to me in any case to be something that must be asked in the debate”, so that “we discuss it collectively”, added the holder of the perch, about a question which agitates the presidential majority.
She goes to the Modem congress
Yaël Braun-Pivet goes to Blois on Sunday to the MoDem congress, allies who have been calling for “fiscal justice” measures for several years on the taxation of superdividends or share buybacks of the largest companies, without managing to convince the government . The President of the Assembly also pleaded in this direction in September 2022.
The head of MoDem deputies, Jean-Paul Mattei, also suggests a targeted increase in the taxation of wealth income by raising the “flat-tax” introduced in 2018.
But the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire has repeatedly opposed any tax increase, counting on the reduction of public spending. The government has already announced a budgetary tightening: 10 billion savings in 2024, before seeking “at least” an additional 20 billion in 2025. Because the executive expects a 2023 public deficit significantly worse than expected , during the announcement of INSEE figures on Tuesday.
It could soar to 5.6% of GDP, far from the 4.9% initially forecast in 2023, according to recent forecasts from Bercy updated Thursday by Senator LR Jean-François Husson, general rapporteur of the Finance Committee .