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The Tax Will Also Affect The Soda Coca Zero

This tax announced in late August by François Fillon concern ultimately all drinks, even with the sweeteners as Europe 1. Broadening the scope of which will yield three times the state.

The tax will also affect the soda Coca Zero

This tax announced in late August by François Fillon concern ultimately all drinks, even with the sweeteners as Europe 1. Broadening the scope of which will yield three times the state.

According to announcements by François Fillon late August, the draft budget 2012 provides for a tax on drinks containing added sugars. This “soda tax” is set at 3.58 euros per hectolitre. It will involve all the sugary drinks, even those with artificial sweeteners. So far, the Diet Coke and Coke Zero, for example, were spared.

This decision was made Monday in the office of leader of the UMP, Christian Jacob, in accordance with the budget minister Valérie Pécresse and Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire, according to reports in Europe 1. This is Bernard Reynes, deputy of the Bouches-du-Rhone, who will defend the new amendment in ten days.

The extent not generate 120 million euros in revenues, as provided in the 2012 Budget Bill, but 370 million euros. The surplus will be donated to farmers in the form of exemption from social security, says Europe 1.

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