You have read and heard it, in 2021 with the implementation of the new Franco-Luxembourg tax treaty, a good number of cross-border workers will pay more tax on French income in France. A slight increase for some, a blow for others who will have to lengthen their bill from 1,000 to 5,000 euros. For several weeks, testimonies have been flocking to social networks and discontent is growing. So much so that Treasury officials and specialist tax specialists are inundated with requests and complaints. What to encourage a few parliamentarians, left and right, Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle, to hold Bercy to account.
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Review the convention urgently
“On Thionville, more than 20,000 tax households are concerned”, advance the PS senator of Moselle Jean-Marc Todeschini, who has just written to Olivier Dussopt, Minister Delegate to the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Recovery . He asks him to carry out a very precise assessment of the number of households affected and the figures for tax increases recorded. “This assessment will undoubtedly lead to a review of the agreement, in consultation with the organizations of employees and taxpayers. The same reaction from Meurthe-et-Mosellan Olivier Jacquin, who co-signed a press release with the mayor of Longwy, that of Fillières, and the former Minister of the Budget, Christian Eckert. In order to obtain this assessment and urgently review the convention, the latter contacted the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Economy, the Budget and European Affairs. “The government must keep its promise not to raise taxes. It is even less permissible for him to do it in a sneaky way for frontier workers in Luxembourg! “
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Tax treaty with Luxembourg
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The consequences of the reform well anticipated?
For Véronique Guillotin, also assailed by appeals, the ministry of Bruno Le Maire must answer certain questions: “Did he anticipate the consequences of the reform? Is an assessment of the impact on the taxes of cross-border commuters carried out? Does the Government intend to respond to the dissatisfaction of the thousands of Lorraine workers? »Asks the Senator from Pays-Haut Meurthe-et-Mosellan. Jean-Louis Masson, he does not question. The senator from Moselle asks that the additional tax paid by frontier workers be allocated to the abolition of the toll project on the section of the A31 motorway which will be reduced to 2 x 3 lanes north of Thionville. It is not certain that cross-border rail users share this idea …
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