Amélie de Montchalin and Olivier Dussopt held a press conference on Wednesday evening to respond to the controversy over the use of consulting firms.
The controversy linked to the use of consulting firms during the five-year term, and in particular the services of McKinsey, continues to curb Emmanuel Macron’s campaign mechanics. Questioned this Wednesday March 30 on Europe 1, the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire wished to convince that the consulting firm had not been the subject of any leniency on the part of the tax services, while the report made by the Senate on consulting uncovered several years of tax optimization practices.
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“We have initiated tax audits [sur McKinsey] before the publication of the report“, thus affirmed the Minister of the Economy. According to Letter A, the services of Bercy carried out a tax audit in 2021, which was entrusted to the General Directorate of Public Finances (DGFIP).
Seized by opposition
Bruno Le Maire claims to have politically “no feverishness” on the subject, and wish to continue the tax audit on McKinsey so that the consulting firm pays “ruby on nailthe taxes he owes to France. The oppositions have in any case taken hold of the controversy. The main challenger of the outgoing president in the polls, Marine Le Pen, thus denounced a “scandal” and an “mismanagement“.
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The government is now trying to put out the fire. Emmanuel Macron indicated, referring to the corporate tax not paid by McKinsey, that this situation was explained by the tax rules in force and that it was “beatento introduce a minimum tax on large corporations. “In a few months these cases may be banned“, he added on France 3 last Sunday. Public Service Minister Amélie de Montchalin and Public Accounts Minister Olivier Dussopt organized a press conference on Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. on the State’s use of consulting firms.
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