Payroll tax: removal of the 20% bracket
Article 90 of the 2018 Finance Act removes the 20% top rate of the payroll tax (taxe sur les salaires), which applied to the share of individual annual pay above €152,279. The share above €15,417 is now taxed at a single 13.60% rate.
Measure originators
A positive amount is revenue or savings for public finances; a negative amount is a cost or lost revenue.
Measure impact
Employers not liable to VAT on all their turnover (banks, insurers, associations, health establishments, etc.) pay 13.60% instead of 20% on the share of annual salaries above €152,279, for pay from 1 January 2018. According to the Senate, the financial sector receives 80% of the benefit.
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Procedure timeline
Follow the progress of this fiscal measure through the different stages of the parliamentary procedure.
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
National Assembly has the final say
Si échec CMP
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