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 of the total tax intake and france in out of billion general government receipts 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 billion out of billion is however general government receipts might not probably does not mean the same as total tax intake a clarification of the two would be useful