France's richest man Bernard Arnault ordered to pay €22.5m in back taxes
- Bernard Arnault, head of the luxury goods group LVMH, has been ordered to pay nearly €22.5 million in back taxes after a Paris appeals court overturned earlier rulings in his favour in a long-running dispute with the tax authorities.
- Issued on: 05/07/2026 - 15:06 2 min Reading time The decision, first reported by the investigative news website L'Informé and seen by AFP, reverses a 2020 judgment that had cleared the LVMH chairman and his wife of the tax assessments and penalties.
- According to the ruling, published on 2 July, the couple must pay €12.96 million in additional taxes, social contrib
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- Bernard Arnault, head of the luxury goods group LVMH, has been ordered to pay nearly €22.5 million in back taxes after a Paris appeals court overturned earlier rulings in his favour in a long-running dispute with the tax authorities.
- Issued on: 05/07/2026 - 15:06 2 min Reading time The decision, first reported by the investigative news website L'Informé and seen by AFP, reverses a 2020 judgment that had cleared the LVMH chairman and his wife of the tax assessments and penalties.
- According to the ruling, published on 2 July, the couple must pay €12.96 million in additional taxes, social contrib
Sources: RFI