A new tax on motorway companies “is under study”, announced Tuesday morning the Minister of Economy and Finance, Bruno Le Maire, the France 2specifying that “if there is a decision”, it would appear in the 2024 finance bill. But “you have to look carefully at what the Council of State says”, he pointed out, because you cannot “tax for taxing”.
“Taxation is possible,” but “this can only be done if all other concessionary companies are also taxed: the hydroelectric plants are concessions, the Paris airport is a concession,” the minister stressed.
“Know what this tax is for”
“We are going to study this option”, but it is necessary to “simply know what this tax is for, what it can finance and, above all, what the impact may be for the other concessions”, Bruno Le Maire confirmed once again.
The eve, the echoes reported that the government had received the green light from the Council of State to tax road companies more.
Source: BFM TV
