This is simply not true. If you look at the report of the Cour des Comptes regarding the tax rates of the financial sector [1] you will see that France take les

This is simply not true. If you look at the report of the Cour des Comptes regarding the tax rates of the financial sector [1] you will see that France take less taxes on bank than pretty much all OECD countries, the only exceptions being Portugal, Spain, Finland and Austria. There are a lot of methods for banks or big company to lower taxes in France and it works well with both bank and France's interests. [1] http://www.ccomptes.fr/Publications/Publications/Les-prelevements-obligatoires-et-les-entreprises-du-secteur-financier http://www.ccomptes.fr/Publications/Publications/Les-preleve... (in French)