France - Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes)

Taxes on income, profits and capital gains (% of total taxes) in France was 49.73 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 47 years was 50.30 in 2018, while its lowest value was 29.06 in 1972.

Definition: 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.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 29.06
1973 29.18
1974 34.07
1975 31.33
1976 33.54
1977 35.19
1978 33.03
1979 32.45
1980 34.48
1981 35.38
1982 35.23
1983 35.64
1984 35.53
1985 34.19
1986 35.07
1987 35.46
1988 34.71
1989 35.08
1990 35.36
1991 37.01
1992 35.60
1993 36.22
1994 35.81
1995 35.33
1996 36.10
1997 37.63
1998 43.66
1999 44.79
2000 46.30
2001 47.51
2002 45.56
2003 45.00
2004 45.49
2005 46.07
2006 47.58
2007 47.86
2008 49.26
2009 46.15
2010 45.43
2011 47.70
2012 49.15
2013 49.52
2014 48.94
2015 48.66
2016 48.34
2017 48.46
2018 50.30
2019 49.73

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance