les Davey de France

In 2005 Alan, Pat, Gwilym & Catrin Davey moved from North East Wales to Bordeaux. Alan is a pastor and Pat was a nurse. Now we work with UFM worldwide. Read on! (If you'd like to know what took us to Bordeaux, then start with the archives from September 2004)

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Why everything is so expensive in France

Where French taxes come from :

46,76 % of French tax revenue comes from VAT.
18 % comes from income tax
12,9 % comes from tax on companies' profits

Actually though I complain constantly that so many things are so much more expensive here than in Britain, still I actually think this is a good way to run your taxes. That way people are taxed on what they spend. If you don't spend it you don't pay tax on it.

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