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> If some employee receives 2000 euros, usually the company has to provision 3000 to 4000 euros. Most of those labor taxes go to the social security organism which has a budget as large as the state budget. (Edited for grammar and clarity)

This is similar in the UK with employers national insurance contributions.

Total tax wedge in France is higher than the UK and higher than the OECD average, but still in line with Germany according to the OECD [1], just as I stated. Note that the OECD tax wedge data covers total cost paid by both employees and employers.

[1] https://data.oecd.org/tax/tax-wedge.htm#indicator-chart

> The problems are with the "taxe professionelle" which is not based on revenues and the taxes on labour.

The "Taxe professionnelle" was abandoned in 2010/2011.

True, it was abandoned, and replaced by "Contribution économique territoriale" which is more or less the same thing.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contribution_%C3%A9conomique_t...

You're talking about "Cotisations sociales", and maybe about "Taxe sur les salaires" which I think concerns banks.

Yes about "Cotisations sociales", and thanks for adding "Taxe sur les salaires", I did not know this one which seems to apply to specific businesses.