This statistic shows the total wealth tax revenue collected by the state in France from 2012 to 2021, in million euro. In 2012, the wealth tax revenue collected by the state was approximately five million euro. After this year the wealth tax revenue fluctuated, peaking in 2015 at over 5.2 million euro.

This graph presents the total revenue generated by income taxes in France from 2006 to 2023, in million euros. Over this period, revenue from taxes increased steadily, reaching more than 110 billion euros in 2023.

Since 2012, the tax revenue in France has been increasing. Tax revenue in France comes from various types of tax. Income tax, corporate tax, and VAT represent most of the French state’s revenue. In 2021, the total public revenue in France reached ***** billion euros. Value-Added Tax, main revenue of the French government It appears that the amount of the revenue of the VAT in France has increased from 2012 to 2018. That year, the revenue of the Value-Added Tax reached *** billion euros, compared to *** billion in 2016. In 2021, the VAT represented a third of the tax revenues collected by the State in France. However, other types of taxes in France have also increased, like the income tax, which went from ** billion euros in 2012, up to ** billion in 2024. A State in debt France is considered to be one of the leading countries in Europe, but the nation has also one of the highest debt levels in the European Union. In 2017, a Eurostat survey displayed that France had a deficit and public debt amounting to **** percent of the national GDP. In 2021, the government revenue reached **** trillion euro, whereas its spending came to around **** trillion euros. This difference between France’s income and spending causes difficulties for the country’s economy. The budget balance of the state keeps being negative, while the cost of interest on the debt of France came in at over ** billion euros in 2017.

The Personal Income Tax Rate in France stands at 45 percent. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - France Personal Income Tax Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Key information about France Tax Revenue

• France Tax Revenue was reported at 40.047 USD bn in Jan 2025.
• This is a decrease from the previous figure of 51.050 USD bn for Dec 2024.
• France Tax Revenue data is updated monthly, averaging 38.169 USD bn from Jan 2006 to Jan 2025, with 229 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 74.236 USD bn in May 2024 and a record low of 7.352 USD bn in Apr 2024.
• France Tax Revenue data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: Tax Revenue: USD: Monthly.

CEIC de-accumulates monthly Tax Revenue and converts it into USD. The Ministry of the Economy, Finance and the Recovery provides year-to-date Tax Revenue in EUR. Federal Reserve Board average market exchange rate is used for currency conversions. Tax Revenue covers Central Government only.

This statistic shows the total income tax revenue collected by the State in France from 2012 to 2021, in million euro. Between 2012 and 2021, the income tax revenue kept rising to reach roughly 99.78 million euro in 2021.

France Budget General: Revenue: Taxes: Income Tax data was reported at 10,972.000 EUR mn in Sep 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 2,572.000 EUR mn for Aug 2018. France Budget General: Revenue: Taxes: Income Tax data is updated monthly, averaging 19,585.000 EUR mn from Jan 2006 (Median) to Sep 2018, with 153 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 75,389.000 EUR mn in Dec 2014 and a record low of 2,572.000 EUR mn in Aug 2018. France Budget General: Revenue: Taxes: Income Tax data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.F035: Budget General: Revenue.

Government Revenues in France increased to 141.05 EUR Billion in May from 105.64 EUR Billion in April of 2025. This dataset provides - France Government Revenues- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

France General Govt: Year to Date: Rev: excl FC: Taxes: Income Tax data was reported at 65,331.000 EUR mn in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 59,436.000 EUR mn for Sep 2018. France General Govt: Year to Date: Rev: excl FC: Taxes: Income Tax data is updated monthly, averaging 32,221.000 EUR mn from Dec 2000 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 215 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 73,020.000 EUR mn in Dec 2017 and a record low of 2,700.000 EUR mn in Jan 2004. France General Govt: Year to Date: Rev: excl FC: Taxes: Income Tax data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.F004: Central Government Revenue and Expenditure.

According to the budget document voted for the year 2021 by the French government, the revenue collected by the State from sources other than taxation was assessed to reach over 21 billion euros that year.  

States’ revenues and expenses in France  

As of 2022, the total revenues of the French State amounted to over 422 billion euros, which represents an increase compared to the 360 billion euros from 2010. On the other hand, the state’s expenditure amounted to around 562 billion euros in 2020. The government’s general budget vote for 2019 was to be mainly consecrated to refunds and rebates, while 15.53 percent of the general budget was dedicated to school education.

  Taxation revenue in France  

Regarding the French State’s tax revenue, the main item generating revenues was the value-added tax (VAT) - which amounted to 114billion euros in 2020 - before the intakes from the income tax collection. The total amount collected from incomes taxes approached 100 million euros in 2021, an increase compared to ten years earlier (about 58 million euros in 2011).

This dataset presents information on historical central government revenues for 31 countries in Europe and the Americas for the period from 1800 (or independence) to 2012. The countries included are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany (West Germany between 1949 and 1990), Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela. In other words, the dataset includes all South American, North American, and Western European countries with a population of more than one million, plus Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Mexico. The dataset contains information on the public finances of central governments. To make such information comparable cross-nationally the researchers chose to normalize nominal revenue figures in two ways: (i) as a share of the total budget, and (ii) as a share of total gross domestic product. The total tax revenue of the central state is disaggregated guided by the Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001 of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which provides a classification of types of revenue, and describes in detail the contents of each classification category. Given the paucity of detailed historical data and the needs of our project, researchers combined some subcategories. First, they were interested in total tax revenue, as well as the shares of total revenue coming from direct and indirect taxes. Further, they measured two sub-categories of direct taxation, namely taxes on property and income. For indirect taxes, they separated excises, consumption, and customs.

The Corporate Tax Rate in France stands at 25 percent. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - France Corporate Tax Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

France FR: General Government: Revenue: Taxes: Income and Profits data was reported at 294,464.000 EUR mn in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 280,003.000 EUR mn for 2016. France FR: General Government: Revenue: Taxes: Income and Profits data is updated yearly, averaging 223,083.000 EUR mn from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2017, with 19 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 294,464.000 EUR mn in 2017 and a record low of 165,182.000 EUR mn in 1999. France FR: General Government: Revenue: Taxes: Income and Profits data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by International Monetary Fund. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.IMF.IFS: Government Finance: Operations Statement: Annual.

France General Govt: Exp: CE: Current Taxes on Income & Wealth data was reported at 0.086 EUR bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.095 EUR bn for 2015. France General Govt: Exp: CE: Current Taxes on Income & Wealth data is updated yearly, averaging 0.122 EUR bn from Dec 1959 (Median) to 2016, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.477 EUR bn in 2001 and a record low of 0.000 EUR bn in 1976. France General Govt: Exp: CE: Current Taxes on Income & Wealth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.F009: ESA 2010: Revenue and Expenditure: Base 2010: General Government. Changed base year from 2010 to 2014 Replacement series ID: 403912537

France General Govt: Receipts: TS: Current Taxes on Income & Wealth data was reported at 277.584 EUR bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 274.521 EUR bn for 2015. France General Govt: Receipts: TS: Current Taxes on Income & Wealth data is updated yearly, averaging 68.032 EUR bn from Dec 1959 (Median) to 2016, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 277.584 EUR bn in 2016 and a record low of 2.399 EUR bn in 1959. France General Govt: Receipts: TS: Current Taxes on Income & Wealth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.F009: ESA 2010: Revenue and Expenditure: Base 2010: General Government. Changed base year from 2010 to 2014 Replacement series ID: 403912807

In France, in 2024, a person who earned less than ****** euros net yearly was exempted from income tax. On the other hand, a person who earned between 28,798 and ****** euros would be taxed at a 30 percent rate.

In 2025, Bernard Arnault, CEO of LVMH, the world's leading luxury goods company, topped the Forbes ranking of leading French billionaires. The second billionaire of France was Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, with a wealth of nearly ** billion euros. Record profits for CAC40 companies In the first semester of 2022, the companies in the CAC40, the main index of the Paris stock exchange, had accumulated nearly ** billion euros in profit, which represents ** percent more than in the first half of 2021, and ** percent more than the first half of 2019. The companies with the largest profits in 2021 were Vivendi, with nearly ** billion euros, TotalEnergie (**** billion euros), and ArcelorMittal (**** billion euros).By the first half of 2022, CAC40 companies had also seen their revenues increase by an average of ** percent compared to the 2015-2019 period. For some companies, such as Stellantis, Essilor, or Worldline, this increase was even higher than *** percent.The main beneficiaries of these companies' dividends were the Arnault group, BlackRock, and the French State. Taxation and tax havens According to the Multinationals Observatory, the effective tax rate of the CAC40 has decreased between 2020 and 2021, from ***** percent to ***** percent. In other words, while the cumulative pre-tax profit of the CAC40 has tripled year on year, the tax paid has only doubled. The fair contribution of multinationals is a matter of debate in France, and in particular, the question of tax havens. The presence of large French groups in these jurisdictions with particularly low tax rates, or offering other advantageous conditions, although not necessarily providing evidence of illegal tax evasion, is an interesting indicator.In 2022, **** percent of CAC40 subsidiaries were located in tax havens. The energy company Engie had the most subsidiaries in these jurisdictions (), followed by LVMH (). However, Bernard Arnault's company had the largest proportion of subsidiaries registered in tax havens (almost a quarter).

France FR: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Income: Profits and Capital Gains data was reported at 253,001.000 EUR mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 249,805.000 EUR mn for 2015. France FR: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Income: Profits and Capital Gains data is updated yearly, averaging 80,630.285 EUR mn from Dec 1972 (Median) to 2016, with 45 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 253,001.000 EUR mn in 2016 and a record low of 8,491.410 EUR mn in 1972. France FR: Revenue and Grants: Revenue: Taxes on Income: Profits and Capital Gains data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s France – Table FR.World Bank.WDI: Government Revenue, Expenditure and Finance. Taxes on income, profits, and capital gains are levied on the actual or presumptive net income of individuals, on the profits of corporations and enterprises, and on capital gains, whether realized or not, on land, securities, and other assets. Intragovernmental payments are eliminated in consolidation.; ; International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.; ;

Between 2006 and 2022, the average monthly income per tax household in the City of Marseille, located in the south of France, as well as in the rest of France, has increased. It amounted to 1.267 euros in 2006 and had reached 2,117 euros in 2022. Over this period, the average monthly income of Marseille residents was lower than that of the rest of the French population, and the gap has even widened.

U S, UK, Sweden; Kleven-Kreiner-Saez 2009 (% GDP). France; Piketty 2010 (% national income). Data from Piketty, Thomas, "Capital in the 21st Century, Harvard University Press", 2014