Abolition of low-yield taxes (flour tax, duty on sugar added to grape harvests, tax on reproduction equipment, etc.)

Article 26 of the 2019 Finance Act abolishes a series of low-yield taxes and duties, including the flour tax (Art. 1618 septies of the General Tax Code), the cereals tax (Art. 1619), the duty on sugar added to grape harvests (Art. 422), the contribution on precious-metal articles (Art. 527), the taxes on book publishing and on reproduction or printing equipment (Art. 1609 undecies to 1609 quindecies), the tax on holders of hydraulic works of Voies navigables de France and the fixed duty on contributions to companies. Entry into force is staggered between 1 January 2019 and 1 January 2020 (Art. 26, XV).