Overview
- Published on September 22, the advisory report from the Conseil des prélèvements obligatoires calls for embedding a multi-year trajectory for business levies in a public finance programming law.
- It targets production taxes such as the C3S and the CVAE for suppression, contending these charges apply before companies generate revenue.
- The council advises allowing the temporary corporate income tax surtax on large firms to lapse in 2026.
- To offset the revenue loss, it proposes abolishing the tax exemption on overtime, with commentators estimating roughly €8 billion at stake if the surtax is not renewed.
- The analysis notes that earlier tax cuts helped stabilize industry’s share of national output, yet observers doubt the political feasibility and stress that any changes would require governmental and parliamentary action.