2023-04-16 11:59:18
“I hear some politicians pretending to wonder about: Where is the money going? Well, let’s make it transparent, let’s show where the money is going. “On the occasion of the start of the income declaration campaign on Thursday, Gabriel Attal, Minister in charge of Public Accounts, lifted the veil on the “Get it for my taxes” operation.
“Many working middle-class French people feel like they are paying taxes for public services that are deteriorating, such as school and health,” he notes. Basically, many French people have the feeling that they don’t get their money’s worth. »
A year in college costs 8,206 euros per student
So to show how the sums collected through income tax but also VAT, social security contributions, corporation tax or any other tax are allocated, a page on the website of the Ministry of the Economy called “À what are my taxes used for? » deciphers all the expenses of the State, communities and administrations.
We thus learn that the cost of a year at college is 8,206 euros per student, that an intervention by the firefighters is on average 1,150 euros or that it takes 110,000 euros per year to maintain one kilometer of an unconcessioned national road. Soon, a section “Taxes near me” will also allow each taxpayer to better know the projects financed by the tax in his municipality, his canton, his department. A summary will also accompany the tax notice received in the summer.
A large consultation opens from April 25
But more than this information, in order to improve consent to tax, a major consultation of the French will open on April 25 on the occasion of a joint trip by Gabriel Attal and Stanislas Guerini, Minister of Transformation and public service.
“Taxes are French people’s money, and therefore what counts is the opinion of the French, explained the Minister in charge of Public Accounts. That every Frenchman can say directly how they think their taxes should be spent, on what priorities, for what public service…”
Foundations of public finances before the summer
In what form ? Meetings and debates organized in tax centers or via a questionnaire sent to each taxpayer with the tax notice. With the objective of improving public services.
An initiative which coincides with the review of public expenditure already underway, the ministries having to find sources of savings in their perimeter upstream of the foundations of public finances which must be held before the summer. Which will serve as a guideline for reducing public spending until the end of the five-year term. What will be the place in all this of this great debate on taxes? The goal is to “take inspiration from it in future financial texts”, says Gabriel Attal.
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