In 2018 the French government finally conceded to a succession of rulings in the French courts and in the European Court of Justice that the imposition of social charges on certain income of EEA households who were not affiliated to the French social security system, but to another EEA system, was illegal.
These combined charges were levied at the rate of 17.2%. In their place the government introduced a solidarity tax at the rate of 7.5%.
