Tax Exiles: behind figures, a more complex reality
It’s not just the stars of Night shooting in the French sky. The very rich also spin more and more … in other lands!
The departure abroad wealthier accelerates. Among those whose income tax reference (RFR) is greater than € 100,000, was recorded 3744 departures abroad in 2013, 40% more than in 2012 (2,669 departures), as revealed yesterday newspaper “Les Echos”.
A trend that could intensify. “This increase in departures is indisputable, insists Gilles Carrez, president (LR) of the Finance Committee in the Assembly. Today, 10% of taxpayers pay 70% of the income tax (IR). Such a concentration on high incomes is unique! Of course, never a taxpayer – except Gerard Depardieu – not exclaim I leave for tax reasons … This allows the government to do the ostrich ensuring that no tax exile. But I am worried because I see convergent indications. We risk entering a lower yield area of the IR. “
A pessimism shared by economist Christian Saint-Etienne. “Nearly 20,000 business leaders have left France for fifteen years,” says the university.
“A political manipulation” according Bercy. Yesterday we literally fuming at the Ministry of Finance. The figure is “right,” but we “disagree completely abusive and truncated analysis that is made, stormed a cabinet member Michel Sapin. This is political manipulation to power a hollow debate “. According Bercy, spend “2 669-3 744 of 37 million tax households represents only a very marginal changes.” Above all, “it makes no sense to report without mentioning departures arrivals”. According to the Finance Ministry, the number of French tax non-residents who declare income for the first …
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