The tax loopholes of insurance reduced by 3 billion euros
The French government wants to reduce by three billion in Budget 2011, tax loopholes enjoyed by the insurance industry, under the "movement of the plane" of 10 billion to reduce the deficit, said Monday AFP at the Department of Economics. The revenue thus acquired will be made to the Sinking Fund of the social debt of 3.2 billion new resources the government has agreed to pay."This revenue will be made in three steps facing the insurance industry at large, because it is the sector with the biggest stake in what guarantees the sustainability of social protection system," said the entourage of the Minister of Economy Christine Lagarde.
Resources collected in advance
The first measure deemed included in the Finance Bill to be presented in late September by the cabinet for life insurance, the preferred placement of the French.Included are contracts known as "multi-media, which include a part in Euro (guaranteed capital invested in bonds) and other units of account (mostly invested in equities).
To date, social security contributions (general social contribution and contribution to reducing social deficits) are made only outcome of multi-support contract, then they are executed each year on contracts in euros only. "We will achieve the social deductions each year for the compartment euro contract of life insurance multi-media", it was argued. In this case, it is not really new but revenue from resources "advance", they added.
Tax incentives obsolete
The second measure relates to contracts "caring and responsible" health insurance, covering virtually all of the supplementary cover.They have since their launch in 2005 of a tax exemption on insurance agreements. "This exemption would allow these contracts to take an important place. But it is a success, so there is no need for a tax incentive very strong, "argued the entourage of Christine Lagarde."These contracts will therefore be subject to tax on insurance contracts, but at a reduced rate of 3.5% instead of the standard rate of seven per cent," he said.
The final measure focuses on the taxation of the "reserve accumulation" that insurers are required to be to smooth fluctuations in interest rates.
Each of these three measures should yield about one billion euros in revenues in 2011.
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