Creation of the flat-rate tax on network companies (IFER)
Article 2 of the 2010 Finance Act creates the flat-rate tax on network companies (IFER), due from operators of certain energy, telecommunications and rail installations: wind and tidal turbines, power plants, transformers, radio stations, rolling stock, telephone distribution frames, among others. Each category has a flat rate; for wind turbines, it is set at €2.913 per kilowatt of installed capacity. The IFER is collected by the State in 2010 and allocated to local authorities from 2011.
Measure originators
No official estimate found for this measure.
Measure impact
Operators of networks and energy production facilities, whose equipment is no longer subject to the business tax, pay a flat amount per facility. The Senate general report refers to an expected IFER yield of about €1.125 billion (net of corporate income tax).
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Procedure timeline
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Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
Administrative implementation
Entrée en vigueur de la mesure et mise en œuvre par l'administration
President of the Republic signature
Publication au Journal officiel
Possible referral to Constitutional Council
Décision de conformité / censure partielle
Joint committee
Désaccord éventuel
Debate and vote
Debate and vote
Débat et vote en séance publique à l'Assemblée nationale, ou engagement de la responsabilité du Gouvernement (article 49.3)
Council of Ministers
Validation interne