Presidential: candidate Macron wants to reduce inheritance tax

The President-candidate is holding a press conference this Thursday to present his presidential program for a second five-year term. date, Emmanuel Macron, to formulate his own. The outgoing President of the Republic will propose within the framework of the campaign a reduction in inheritance tax, according to concordant sources at BFMTV, confirming information from Figaro. The leader-candidate will in particular propose to increase the reduction on inheritance online at 150,000 euros, against 100,000 currently. Emmanuel Macron also wishes to broaden the scheme for heirs in the direct line to the children of the spouses at the same time. Simplification for indirect lines tax for indirect lines, again with an increase in the scale of the allowance. Thus, the latter would be increased to 100,000 euros on small and medium estates in all cases, whether transmissions to a brother or sister (15,932 euros today), to a nephew or niece (7,967 euros currently) or to grandchildren or a non-relative person (1,594 euros today). Change of position during the five-year period Beginning January, facing the readers of Le Parisien, Emmanuel Macron had declared that he was not “one of those who think that inheritance rights should be increased at all costs, on the contrary. We are a nation of peasants in our psychol collective ogy, which is a strength. So I think there are things to improve. It is rather necessary to support people to help them transmit modest heritages.” But the head of state has not always held such a speech. to reform this taxation under his presidency, disavowing Christophe Castaner, then general delegate of La République en Marche (LaREM), who had indicated that he wanted to launch a reflection on this subject. “We will not touch it as long as I am here”, said the President of the Republic in private.Agathe Lambret and Clarisse Martin