Overview
- Liot announced the commission and said it would use its once-per-session droit de tirage, with ratification slated at the Assembly’s conference of presidents.
- Veteran deputy Charles de Courson will serve as rapporteur, and the probe will cover both high incomes and the largest fortunes.
- Group leaders say the objective is to produce documented facts that cut through misconceptions about who pays too much or too little.
- The initiative follows disputes during the 2026 budget over proposals linked to Gabriel Zucman and the low yield of a new differential contribution on high earners.
- The inquiry also responds to Éric Lombard’s claim that thousands of very wealthy people pay no income tax, which the Finance Ministry disputes, and to concerns over data gaps since the ISF’s abolition.