Economy. Income Tax: Why the French the Richest 0.1% Paid Less in 2025
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A study by the Directorate-General for Public Finance published on Tuesday reports that the 10% of the most wealthy French people saw their tax fall by an average of 1.4% in 2025. For the most affluent 0.1%, this decline is even 9.4%.
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Taxes rose for a large part of the French in 2025, but not for the wealthy. The richest 0.1% even saw their contribution fall by 9.4%, according to the Directorate General of Public Finance.
According to a Bercy study, the richest 0.1 per cent of French people managed to reduce their contribution to income tax by 9.4 per cent in 2025, when the middle and upper classes saw their contribution increase.
According to a study by the DGFiP, the 10% of the wealthiest tax households paid less tax in 2025 than in 2024. A decrease that could be explained by a decrease in their income, but also by a possible anticipation of the minimum tax.
In 2025, despite an increase of 1% in income tax revenues to 92.6 billion euros, the most affluent taxpayers saw their tax bill decline. The creation of the differential contribution on income tax, which is...
The average income tax fell by more than 9% for the most affluent French population in 2025, and by 1.4% for the most affluent 10 per cent of households.
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