France will impose 7.2 billion euros in new taxes this year, including large one-off levies on wealthy households and big corporations, to plug a revenue shortfall left by slowing economic growth, according to a revised 2012 budget. The Socialist government plans a 2.3-billion-euro one-off levy on those with net wealth of more than 1.3 million euros as well as 1.1 billion euros in extraordinary taxes on large banks and on energy firms holding oil stocks, according to a spending plan presented to parliament on Wednesday, according to a report of Reuters.
