Few countries tax their companies as much as France
Posted by adminIn addition, the situation in France deteriorated since 2008, when she pointed again at 160 th place. It must be said that 20 countries have lowered their corporate tax this year. "France has made efforts, including the tax-credit research. But this device, for some SMEs, is not included in the study. And in the future, reform of business tax should have a positive effect 'grade Philippe Durand, a lawyer at Landwell (the law firm of PWC).
The tax burden is not the only criterion taken into account
Above all, the tax burden is not the only criterion taken into account in the study. A rightly so because the number one country for low taxes is East Timor, little known for its overall competitiveness.To measure the overall tax appeal, the study also includes the time spent by businesses to report and pay their taxes and the number of payments. But on these two points, France is ranked (40th in the first case, the 9th in the second). She even won ranks.
This is the result of political modernization efforts for several years with the proliferation of TV-declarations via the Internet and creating a single direction at Bercy managing the assessment and collection of taxes (the General Directorate of Public Finance) . Through this effort, France back in the overall attractiveness of the tax from the 66 th place in 2008 to 59th place in 2009.