Taxes By Source
In 2007, revenues amounted to €818.9 bn, or 43.3% of GDP.
There are four beneficiaries of the tax revenues: in 2007, social security administrations have received just over half; the state and the central government bodies near a third; the local administrations (APUL) nearly 13%; the European Union (EU) less than 1%. Direct and indirect taxes account for 62.8% of total revenues in 2007. State resources come almost entirely from taxes. The social security bodies are financed largely by social contributions but also by taxes, including the general social contribution (CSG) and the contribution for the repayement of the social debt (CRDS), which represented in 2007 a quarter of the funding of the Social Security administrations. Local administrations are mostly financed by the four main local direct taxes (housing tax, property taxes and business tax).
| Administration | Direct taxes | Indirect taxes | Social contributions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central government | 39.5 | 57.6 | 3.0 |
| Quasi-autonomous non-governmental organization | 54.5 | 45.5 | 0 |
| Social Security Administration | 19.8 | 9 | 71.2 |
| Local government | 62.3 | 37.7 | 0 |
| Total charges | 27.1 | 35.7 | 37.2 |
| public administration | in billion € | % of the total | % of the GDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central government | 292.5 | 37.9 | 17.1 |
| Social Security | 360,1 | 47,9 | 21,1 |
| Local & Regional government | 95,2 | 12,7 | 5,6 |
| European Union | 4,5 | 0,6 | 0,3 |
| Total | 752,2 | 100,0 | 44,0 |
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