French Fin Min: Transaction Tax To Hit Shares, Derivatives, Not Sovereign Bonds

Fox Business Sunday 22nd January, 2012

PARIS – French finance minister Francois Baroin said Sunday that the financial transaction tax the government is planning to introduce will hit shares and derivatives, but not sovereign bonds."It will tax shares, derivatives and bonds, obviously with the exception of sovereign bonds," Baroin said in a radio interview. "It's a larger tax base ...

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