Watt The Duck recalled that the yacht tax was introduced in 2018 by parliamentary amendment, without an impact study, with an expected annual yield of 10 million euros. According to him, it was meant to symbolically offset the abolition of the wealth tax, but its yield after seven years had been 100 times lower than expected and only five yachts were still registered in France at the end of 2025. He added that the deputies had refused to abolish it during the examination of the 2026 budget, believing that it would send a "bad signal" to wealthy taxpayers. #TaxeYachts #Fiscalité #Politique (translated)
