Levy tax at source: the French are for – Les Echos

More than three out of five French are in favor collected the tax at source, according to a poll for Odoxa iTélé and “Le Parisien.”

The withholding tax, I am for. This is what meets more than three out of five French (64%), according to a poll for Odoxa iTélé and “Le Parisien-Aujourd’hui en France” published Saturday. Conversely, 35% of respondents say they opposed the idea of ​​a levy taxes directly on the payslip.

For 57% of French, François Hollande wanted to take this measure because it considers it “will promote the electorally.” Only 42% consider that the head of state supports the device because it believes that “it is a good measure for France and the French.”

The survey was conducted on June 18 and 19 among a sample of 1,008 people representative of the French population aged 18 and older, constituted under the quota method.

Application in 2018

The levy tax at source will be “fully implemented in 2018,” promised François Hollande recently. “This is a reform that is both expected and desirable by the French for the state,” he had defended for its decision. Complex to implement technically, this reform gives rise to criticism on the right, but also on the part of the administration of the Ministry of Finance. Former Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, it was also hit in early 2014 when he wanted to make withholding the major project of its “reset” of taxation.

Given the magnitude of the task, the new device should be gradually introduced starting next year. Objective: it is fully operational in 2018. It is a new government that will apply the reform

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