An investigation into
tax fraud has just been opened by the Public Prosecutor's Office following the Senate report
on the growing support of private consulting firms such as Mckinsey
on public policies. Read also: \n\nParis Marathon: Morhad Amdouni can get closer to the European record
The National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) opens an investigation against Mckinsey\r\n
An announcement this Wednesday from the
\nNational Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF)
indicates the imminent opening of a preliminary investigation, on the charge of money laundering, increased by tax fraud
.According to a press release, this decision was taken after the Public Prosecutor's Office was informed of the Senate report drawn up by the commission of inquiry dated March 16, 2022 "on the growing influence of private consulting firms on public policies" and "having carried out checks". \n\nThis investigation has been entrusted to the It is the Service d'enquêtes judiciaires des finances (SEJF) which is entrusted with this investigation. The service itself depends entirely on the Ministry of the Economy.
"If requested, McKinsey will be at the disposal of the competent administrations and authorities," retorted McKinsey in a press release, the consulting firm under the surveillance of the Senate report. "This was the case during previous tax audits of the various McKinsey entities in France," it then added
"The firm complies with the French tax and social rules that apply to it." \n\nit points out.
The State's contracts with consulting firms such as McKinsey have "more than doubled" between 2018 and 2021, as part of a commission of inquiry launched by the communist-majority group CRCE (Citizens, Republicans and Ecologists) in 2021.The senators also filed a lawsuit against a McKinsey executive for "alleged false testimony" who claimed his company paid corporate tax (IS) in France, while the inquiry committee noted that the French entity of \n\n
McKinsey hadn't paid
McKinsey Any IS for ten years.
Read also:Energy check 2022: The first energy checks will reach the 5.8 million beneficiaries \n\n“If there is evidence of manipulation, let it go to criminal proceedings”
“ From the beginning, we have called for the whole truth to be made \n\n», Reacted to the withdrawal of the Council of Ministers, government spokesperson Gabriel Attar. “The consultancy will pay what it has to pay,” he added. “
If there is evidence of manipulation, let it go to criminal proceedings », Emmanuel Macron called out on Sunday March 27 those who criticize him for his massive contract. The presidential candidate specifically looked at why McKinsey did not pay IS due to current tax rules.
McKinsey said it had complied with French tax rules, noting that one of its subsidiaries had paid corporate tax for six years when the Senate charged it with tax evasion. \n\nEmmanuel Macron has been attacked since the start of the campaign of large-scale use of these companies. During a conference in Toulouse, Jean-Luc Mélenchon strongly criticized Emmanuel Macron, a "
liberal\r\n
"which, with consulting firms,"
\nbrought the private sector into the country.
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