Only a portion of them rejected by Matignon

The Government's promise to reduce the fiscal and social niches is not yet reflected in the acts. The Bill for national environment (Grenelle II) commitment, the review was completed on the night of Friday to Saturday, gave rise to a series of parliamentary initiatives to reduce the income tax, property tax and tax on corporations, and sustainable development. Only a portion of them rejected by Matignon.

Why such lenient, at the time where the Executive shows his willingness to reduce the niches fiscal and social of EUR 5 billion in two years Seized on the merits, the commission on sustainable development has enriched the text of a dozen tax niches before its consideration in the meeting. On Wednesday, the Government introduced as amendments to remove. But Jean-Louis Borloo seems to have succeeded to Matignon as part of fiscal aid are finally selected. Consequence: among the Government amendments on the site of the Assembly, six have been removed before the review session! The budget issue is minimal - at most a few million euros-, but this shift says a lot about the difficulty of François Fillon to impose fiscal austerity on all his ministers.

Certain provisions

Among the new environmental niches, adding to the already existing quarantine (see opposite): the recovery of the tax credit on the revenue (from 15 to 40) in the title of the work prescribed in technological risk prevention plans. Nine years after the AZF in Toulouse disaster, they are still rare, what justifies strengthen the tax lever, found the Bertrand Pancher rapporteur. "It is a measure which, in its current drafting, is already heavy in terms of public finance", he acknowledged. "This increase is not consistent with the will of the Government to engage in better control of tax expenditures", found the Government in its amendment of deletion, go back and remove it.

New corporate income tax and property tax exemptions have also voted for housing organizations that develop renewable energy sources. On other issues, on the other hand, the Government has made dam parliamentary initiatives. Thus, members of overseas have failed to expand sustainable development some specific work tax credit to the overseas (solar water heater...). The joint mixed commission, which brings together 7 members and 7 Senators for lead in the final version of the text, can still modify provisions.

The members of the majority are in fact very divided between proponents of the rigour, from most of the Finance Committee, and the other committees, exposed to the constant pressure of the lobbies. "To the Finance Committee, we fight to try to reduce tax niches and Cap them." We will not create new ones while we are ruined! "implored the centrist Charles de Courson Thursday. Exceeded by these new spending, the rapporteur of the commission of finance, Gilles Carrez, wishes that niche, once voted in a statute, be subject to reconsideration in Finance Act, for an application the following January 1. Problem: he faces resistance from all the other committees, who do not want to see their limited amendment power.