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Resources for a Safe and Resilient Europe: The Case for Minimum Taxation of Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals in the EU

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  • Quentin Parrinello

    (EU Tax - EU Tax Observatory)

  • Giulia Varaschin

    (EU Tax - EU Tax Observatory)

  • Gabriel Zucman

    (UC Berkeley - University of California [Berkeley] - UC - University of California, PSE - Paris School of Economics - UP1 - Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, EU Tax - EU Tax Observatory)

Abstract

This policy note provides a revenue estimate of how much European Member States could raise with a minimum tax of 2% or 3% on the wealth of people owning more than €100 million or €1 billion in wealth – the scenarios considered in the report commissioned by the G20 presidency.

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  • Quentin Parrinello & Giulia Varaschin & Gabriel Zucman, 2025. "Resources for a Safe and Resilient Europe: The Case for Minimum Taxation of Ultra-High-Net-Worth Individuals in the EU," Post-Print halshs-05046957, HAL.
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    1. Burilkov, Alexandr & Wolff, Guntram B., 2025. "Defending Europe without the US: First estimates of what is needed," Kiel Policy Briefs 183, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
    2. Gabriel Zucman, 2024. "A blueprint for a coordinated minimum effective taxation standard for ultra-high-net-worth individuals," Reports 006, EU Tax Observatory.
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