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In reply to the discussion: Depardieu says he paid 85% of his 2012 income to taxes [View all]Mass
(27,315 posts)19. Still does not work that way in France
You pay your taxes for 2011 in 2012, and you pay it by 1/3 of what you paid the previous year: 1/3 in Feb, 1/3 in May, and 1/3 in September (or whatever is left to pay).
Frankly, this looks like a pile of crap to me, and he is probably putting together a whole bunch of things that do not belong together (such as VAT)
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RWNJ Sarkozy supporter. Meanwhile, France subsidizes the movie industry which allowed him to
JaneyVee
Dec 2012
#1
Better than Romney, who dodges taxes, yet keeps his passport and SS card...
Barack_America
Dec 2012
#8
I'm sure there will be lots of movie offers for him in France once he renouces
LiberalFighter
Dec 2012
#13
they got tax breaks to invest in new equipment and so on--it worked to keep infrastructure going
librechik
Dec 2012
#41
Yup, because being limited to only $100M just isn't enough. WTF is wrong with these people? n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#21