If you don’t think what you post on social media matters, think again. France has announced that it will begin searching social media accounts next year in an effort to crackdown on tax fraud. Gerald Darmanin, France’s Minister of Action and Public Accounts, made the announcement as part of an interview he gave to the…
French revenue officers visited Google’s Paris headquarters and slapped the internet giant with a reportedly massive tax assessment.
Gerard Depardieu. Apple. And now McDonald’s. It feels like anyone who’s anyone is on French President Hollande’s tax hit list. Here are the latest allegations of tax dodging and what the hamburger giant has to say about the matter.
Ooh la la! Guess who’s switching from brie to borscht? Gerard Depardieu, the enigmatic French actor, has become a Russian citizen. The announcement that Depardieu had officially been approved (by President Vladimir Putin himself, apparently) followed a flurry of exchanges between Depardieu and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault over French President Francois Hollande’s plans to raise…
France’s high court has issued a resounding “non!” to President Francois Hollande’s attempt to tax millionaires. Hollande’s controversial tax, slated to go into effect for 2013 revenues, would have imposed a 75% tax on individuals with revenues of more than 1 million euros (about $1.3 million U.S.). The tax was meant to raise money and…
Gerard Depardieu might be bidding “Au revoir!” to France this year but Russian President Vladimir Putin is hoping that Depardieu will consider saying “привет.” The Russian President has offered the French actor a Russian passport. Putin, apparently a Depardieu fan (who knew?), made the offer during his press conference, saying: If Gerard really wants to…
Mon Dieu! Is Gerard Depardieu bailing on France over taxes? It appears so. A French newspaper, Le Journal du Dimanche, published an open letter attributed to Depardieu in which he traded barbs with Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault over the move. Depardieu had previously announced that he had moved to Belgium in order to escape France’s…
When I was in the UK years ago, a friend offered me a slice of bread with a creamy brown spread on top. “Try it,” she said, “You’ll like it.” Like it? I loved it. As in couldn’t believe why it wasn’t illegal loved it. “Whmpgh isth ifh?” I asked, which translated without a mouth…
I get that nobody wants to pay taxes but enough with the “word I dare not say” talk already. You know the one. I’ve made a solemn vow not to use it on my site but here’s a hint: it starts with a “T”, ends with an “N” and rhymes with “Saxmageddon.” Over the last…
Tongues are wagging all over this morning about an expansion of French law that would affect computer tablets – but not those running Windows. Existing French law imposes a levy, commonly known as a blank media tax or private copying levy, on recordable media. Up until a few years ago, that meant blank CDs and…