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Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau, economists: "We propose to extend the scope of income tax to income that is currently exempt"

To put France's public finances back on track, the two experts from the French Observatory of Economic Conjunctions are advocating, in an article in "Le Monde", for the introduction of a single flat-rate levy rate. This would make it possible to target income that currently escapes taxation.

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Guillaume Allègre and Xavier Timbeau, economists: "We propose to extend the scope of income tax to income that is currently exempt"

We haven't written up this one. Le Monde Economie has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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