Zucman Tax: Six Questions to Understand the Debate
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While the socialists still call for the implementation of the tax floor on the very high wealth, some of them are phosphating on avenues of compromise with the Prime Minister.
As an innovator, this high heritage tax project raises many questions and shakes the political debate. Here are the main keys to understanding the arguments of defenders and detractors.


What if this time it was the right one? After having been voted on February 20 in the National Assembly, then ejected from the parliamentary debate by the senators last June, the Zucman tax – named after the economist Gabriel Zucman who inspired it – which was believed to have been buried, surfaced again, ragaillardie e
Demonstration in the streets of Besançon, September 18, 2025. LEO KELER/HORS FORMAT FOR "THE WORLD" In this tense political and budgetary return, the Zucman tax elects the debate. For its supporters, this "tax fairness measure" is the solution to get out of the debt crisis by making the most affluent contributions. For its critics, this high-value tax will help to keep capital away and would represent "a terrible barrier to investment and risk-t…
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