Impacts of the 2018 Household Capital Tax Reforms on Inequalities in France: A Microsimulation Evaluation

Félix Paquier and Michaël Sicsic

Economie et Statistique / Economics and Statistics, 2022, issue 530-31, 27-42

Abstract: [eng] This study assesses the impact on standard of living inequality and public finances of the transition from the tax on wealth (ISF) to a tax on real estate assets (IFI), the introduction of a flat rate tax on capital income (PFU), and the increase of the social tax (CSG) on capital income in 2018. We achieve this through the use of the Ines microsimulation model and the ERFS data, which we supplement by imputing the wealth held by each household on the basis of the Household Wealth survey (enquête Patrimoine) and tax data on the ISF and IFI. In the short term, the positive impact of these reforms on standards of living is highly concentrated at the top end of the distribution, although the gains are limited by the increase in the CSG. The cost to public finances is 3.4 billion euros per year. Although they lead to additional public revenues, the short term behavioural effects of the flat tax on the dividends received by households further accentuate the rise in the standard of living of the wealthiest households.

JEL-codes: D31 D63 H20 H23 H31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.24187/ecostat.2022.530.2066

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