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Between 1995 and 1996, the mandatory withholding tax rate increased from 42.9% of GDP to 44.8%.


The Government has eased the tax burden on those with low to median incomes by decreasing the basic VAT rate from 20.6% to 19.6%

From the French government web site http://www.archives.premier-ministre.gouv.fr/jospin_version3/en/ie4/contenu/29984.htm