DECRYPTAGE – The formal vote on the revenue section of the Finance Bill is scheduled for this Tuesday. The new tax situation is forcing both small and large employers, who are finalizing their own 2025 budgets, to make some painful choices.
“ Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen our customers, whatever their size or sector of activity, becoming increasingly concerned.says Angélique Acosta, Associate Director of consulting firm Spartes. Most will have no choice but to reduce their operating expenses. ” To face up to the wall of charges that awaits them from 2025 onwards, some companies are already activating every possible lever to find savings. Finer management of payroll absenteeism or group insurance contracts, optimization of real estate assets energy consumption… the hunt for savings is on.
“ I intend to draw up a clear balance sheet of employees’ actual healthcare expenses “, confides Roger Reynaud, head of Alliance Environnement, a water treatment and waste recovery company based in the South of France. Worse still, 37% of very small businesses are planning to moderate salaries, according to a survey…