While the Government studies tightening the screws on the taxation of the super profits of energy companies, Totalenergies softens its image on the occasion of its centenary. To celebrate this century of existence, the oil giant has decided to offer 100 euros to the first 100,000 individual customers who hold its “Club TotalEnergies” card with the only condition that they have purchased at least 1,000 euros in fuel in 2024, starting on the 29th. of March. . The amount will be credited to your card in the month following reaching the minimum threshold.
The same amount will be paid to the first 100,000 new customers who join Totalenergies’ classic electricity offers, excluding fixed price offers, i.e. “Eco Hours”, “Eco+ Hours”, “Special” or “Charge Hours”. ‘” starting March 29. . On this occasion, the 100 euros will be paid in the form of a credit on the client’s invoice after 6 months. Finally, the energy company has also planned a gesture for its 100,000 employees around the world, who will be given 100 shares of the group on the condition of remaining in the company for five years. This represents the equivalent of 6,300 euros each.
Almost 20,000 million euros of net profit in 2022 and 2023
TotalEnergies does not make super profits “in France”, said on Friday the CEO of the French oil and gas company, regularly cited in the debate on the taxation of the gigantic profits obtained by certain companies. “The profits of TotalEnergies in France are not super profits,” declared the manager, interviewed on Friday on the Télématin program on France 2, at a time when the debate on its taxation to cover the French public deficit resurfaces. The president of the National Assembly Yaël Braun-Pivet is for the president of Modem Français Bayrou on the récemment dit vouloir explorer this option, sans convaincre the minister de l’Economie Bruno Le Maire, même s’il se dit désormais “ouvert” à the discussion.
Globally, the group has made almost €20 billion in net profits each of the last two years. It indicates that it has contributed 23,000 million euros in taxes in 2023. “What we pay is a lot of money, we are one of the companies that taxes the most in the world,” defended the general director. In France, the group paid 320 million euros “in profits taxes and solidarity taxes on electricity” in 2023, but refuses to communicate the specific part of the corporate tax. In the past, Total did not pay corporate tax in France for several years.
Source: BFM TV
