Apparent problem in article There s an apparent problem with the math here Unfortunately I can t read French so can t verify one of the numbers but hopefully someone else can To quote from the article Wealth tax in no place where this kind of tax is in place does it contribute to more than 0 3 of the total tax intake 1 and France In 2003 out of 786 billion general government receipts 174 billion was collected on income and wealth No further breakout is disclosed Data is from the Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques 174 billion out of 786 billion is 22 however general government receipts might not probably does not mean the same as total tax intake A clarification of the two would be useful