The conclusions of the mission responsible for explaining the decline in VAT revenues in 2025 will be made public, announced on Sunday by the Minister of Public Accounts, Amélie de Montchalin, at LCI/Le Parisien. He has entrusted this work to the Bercy government, after deputies of the National Assembly’s Finance Committee, on November 12, highlighted significant discrepancies between the government’s estimates and the amounts actually received.
According to the executive, this reduction represents a shortfall of 5 billion euros for the country. This opposition aroused “ almost 10 billion » takes into account all VAT subcategories. Some elected officials, most notably the president of the Finance Committee, Éric Coquerel, condemned the estimates “ too optimistic “.
Austerity and deception as explanatory elements
“ A report will be given to me, it will be published », assured the minister, mentioning that he would like to involve parliamentarians in this work, including the general rapporteur of the Senate Finance Committee, Jean-François Husson. However, he did not mention the publication date.
To explain the decline in income, Amélie de Montchalin put forward several factors: “ There is a lot of savings, so consumption is less “, he emphasized. Plus with” small packages coming from China are completely underrated ”, a situation that results in “ sharp decline in VAT revenues “.
The Minister also quoted “ hoax ” And ” people who optimize », a phenomenon that the mission must evaluate appropriately.
To address this, the regulation recalls the introduction of electronic invoicing, mandatory from September 2026, which will strengthen the fight against fraud and improve transaction monitoring.
