Comments on: Taxe professionnelle in France http://www.francethisway.com/wp/taxe-professionnelle-in-france/2009/02/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/taxe-professionnelle-in-france/2009/02/comment-page-1/#comment-15384 Boris Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:18:32 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=633#comment-15384 Craig, I'm sure you're right - but as someone who pays the taxe professionnelle I'd sooner see it spread across all residents of the commune as an increase in taxe d'habitation etc. rather than all falling on the few of us who pay it (farmers, I seem to recall, are usually exempt from paying) Meanwhile a couple of nights ago on the news there was a feature about a commune somewhere in France where all the residents were protesting outside the mairie that the mayor should resign, because he kept putting the property taxes up. That is my kind of demonstration, and one I will happily join in due course! Craig, I’m sure you’re right – but as someone who pays the taxe professionnelle I’d sooner see it spread across all residents of the commune as an increase in taxe d’habitation etc. rather than all falling on the few of us who pay it (farmers, I seem to recall, are usually exempt from paying)
Meanwhile a couple of nights ago on the news there was a feature about a commune somewhere in France where all the residents were protesting outside the mairie that the mayor should resign, because he kept putting the property taxes up. That is my kind of demonstration, and one I will happily join in due course!

]]> By: Craig McGinty http://www.francethisway.com/wp/taxe-professionnelle-in-france/2009/02/comment-page-1/#comment-15382 Craig McGinty Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:54:35 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/?p=633#comment-15382 My own fear with the scraping of the tax is how will the gap be made up? Reckon it will be easier to tax locals more than get rid of fonctionnaires. My own fear with the scraping of the tax is how will the gap be made up?

Reckon it will be easier to tax locals more than get rid of fonctionnaires.

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