Levies / GDP
Macroeconomic Insee ratio.
Competitiveness · scenario
Tax target: can France aim for 30%?
Define a 30% target precisely, link it to realised savings and avoid an unfunded promise.
— Financing engine for the 30% target
The site now separates the political objective of sharply reducing levies from the decisive question: how far can taxes fall without recreating the deficit?
50% in the published Plan, 30% in the revised scenario
Source measure 6.01: constitutional ceiling of 50%.
scenario: aim for 30% in the long run, conditional on financing.
The published source is preserved. The 30% target is recorded as a new strategic proposal to be modelled.
First question: 30% of what?
Household effective rate
Actual burden on a specific household.
Labour tax wedge
Gap between total employer cost and take-home pay.
Marginal rate
Burden on the next euro earned.
A credible target must be conditional
With compulsory levies at 43.6% of GDP in 2025, a macro 30% target means a 13.6-point reduction. Rate cuts must therefore follow certified net savings, deficit control and observed growth rather than precede them.
Why it matters for attractiveness
The OECD reports a 47.2% labour tax wedge for a single average-wage worker in France in 2025, the third highest among OECD members. That supports a strong focus on labour taxation, without proving that a 30% macro target is already financed.