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Hotels and restaurants show France’s largest corporate tax shortfall
A French finance ministry study puts hotels and restaurants at the top for estimated corporate tax shortfalls relative to the tax owed.
The analysis covers irregularities found in tax audits from 2015 to 2019.
It estimates tax that should have been collected but was not because of errors or omissions, whether intentional or not.
In hospitality, officials estimate €40 is missing for every €100 of tax due, based on filed declarations.
The estimate does not mean every case was deliberate fraud.
Across all sectors, the estimated corporate tax shortfall is €6 billion.
The study gives no further steps or policy changes.
France’s accommodation and food service sector had the largest estimated shortfall in corporate tax relative to the amount it should have paid, according to a study by the economy ministry.
The study estimated that corporate tax shortfalls across all sectors amounted to 6 billion euros.
Officials examined irregularities detected by tax audits from 2015 to 2019.
The estimate includes tax not collected because of errors or omissions, whether intentional or not.
For every 100 euros of tax due according to filed returns, 40 euros were estimated to be missing in accommodation and food services.
- Who
- France’s economy ministry and its tax administration; the study identifies the accommodation and food service sector.
- What
- A study found that this sector had the largest estimated corporate tax shortfall relative to the tax it should pay.
- When
- The study was published on 14 October 2026 and examined tax audit irregularities from 2015 to 2019.
- Where
- France.
- Why
- Errors or omissions in tax filings meant corporate tax was not collected; the sources say these could be intentional or not.
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The ministry’s statisticians examined irregularities detected through tax audits.
The ministry’s study was published, identifying accommodation and food services as the sector with the largest relative corporate tax shortfall.
- All-sector shortfall
- 6 billion euros
- Sector with largest relative shortfall
- Accommodation and food services
- Estimated missing tax
- 40 euros for every 100 euros due according to filed returns
- Period examined
- 2015–2019
- Reasons included
- Errors or omissions, whether intentional or not
What people are saying
For every 100 euros of tax due according to the filed returns, 40 euros would be missing