Tax & Finance

#2016-1918Amendments to France's 2016 Budget

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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This law outlines changes to the French national budget for 2016, adjusting revenue and expenditure estimates. It affects public administration by reallocating funds across various sectors including transportation, energy, and social services. These adjustments require government departments to adapt their financial management for the fiscal year.

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Key Changes

  • Adjustment in revenue and expenditure estimates for various sectors
  • Reallocation of funds within government departments
  • Intricate re-budgeting for social services, energy, and transport sectors

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Government departments must adjust financial management to reflect revised revenue evaluations for 2016, including decreased corporate income tax revenue (-€280,960,000) and increased VAT revenue (+€1,752,800,000)

All French government departments and public administration entities
operational
high

Public administrations must maintain a structural budget deficit of -1.5% of GDP and an actual budget deficit of -3.3% of GDP for fiscal year 2016

All public administration entities collectively
operational
medium

Government departments managing taxation must implement revised collection targets for direct taxes, including reduced income tax withholdings (-€50,000,000) and reduced wealth tax collection (-€174,000,000)

Tax administration authorities and revenue collection agencies
operational
medium

Public administration entities must reallocate funds across transportation, energy, and social services sectors according to revised 2016 budget allocations

Government departments responsible for transportation, energy, and social services
operational
medium

Relevant departments must adjust indirect tax revenue projections, including VAT increases and energy tax decreases (-€167,831,897)

Tax administration and departmental finance managers
operational

Affected Parties

French national government agenciesPublic sector financial managers

Tags

budget,fiscal policy,government spending