France weighing broader payroll charge cuts - PM
Reuters
Published Nov 20, 2017 14:10
Updated Nov 20, 2017 14:20
France weighing broader payroll charge cuts - PM
BOBIGNY, France (Reuters) - The French government is considering further reductions in payroll taxation, including on relatively high salaries, but will do so only if that does not hit budget deficit-reduction plans, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on Monday.
Over the last few years, France has gradually cut payroll levies which finance health, unemployment and other national insurance schemes and are among the highest in Europe, but has mostly focused the cuts on pay at or around the minimum wage.
Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, a former conservative, has argued the cuts in such charges should be extended to salaries above 2.5 times the minimum wage to encourage companies to hire more high-skilled workers.
"We are ready to continue with payroll charges cuts, including for salaries above 2.5 times the minimum wage," Philippe said.
"But only and only when we will have restored our public accounts situation," he added.
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