France to Increase Taxes to 75 percent for Top Earners

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault has said that nine out of 10 citizens will not see their income taxes rise in the new budget.

He has confirmed that there is to be a new 75% tax rate for people earning more than 1m euros (£800,000; $1.3m) a year.

He has not yet detailed how much taxes will rise for the rest of the top 10%.

It is one of the key policies in what he called “a courageous, responsible budget – a budget of conquest”.

The government’s priorities were young people, training and cutting 10bn euros from its spending, he said. This would demand an effort but would be fair, he added.

via BBC

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