On Tuesday, October 14, the Government presented its bill to fight social and fiscal fraud, with expectations of more than one billion euros, a “non-credible” return, according to the opinion of the Higher Council of Public Finances (HCFP). The bill takes up numerous avenues on social fraud detailed during the summer by the former Minister of Labor, Catherine Vautrin, who estimated the damages at “13 billion euros.”
In an opinion on the budget, the HCFP estimated on Tuesday that “the increase of 1.5 billion euros planned for 2026 does not appear credible” in terms of “fighting fraud”, and that the return on the expected savings “depends on a future law.” The bill strengthens in particular the means to detect and prevent fraud, as well as certain sanctions.
It provides, in particular, to facilitate the transfer of information in the administration, in particular to expand access to fiscal and social data to the agents of the primary health insurance funds (CPAM), the retirement and occupational disease insurance funds (CARSAT), the national health insurance fund (CNAM) and the national old-age insurance fund (CNAV).
Monitoring of operations over 10,000 euros
The text also creates the legal obligation for health transporters (ambulances and taxis) to be equipped with a geolocation device to control the reality of their services. Caregivers found guilty of fraudulent actions could also be subject to a double penalty of deregulation and a financial penalty. At the moment, one or another sanctions are applied.
Regarding the fight against money laundering, the text seeks to subject “luxury goods” to certain surveillance obligations incumbent on sellers in the fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Any transaction greater than 10,000 euros could be affected by these obligations, and not only transactions made in cash and electronic currencies.
The Government also proposes to reduce the maximum cash payment limit for non-residents “to a professional subject to anti-money laundering and anti-fraud obligations”, currently set at 15,000 euros. The project also plans to “tax criminal income more harshly”, which is already taxed when the authorities manage to “reconstitute” it, but less than legal income.
Source: BFM TV
