Meer dan 100% belast - dat kan in Frankrijk

More than 8,000 French households' tax bills topped 100 percent of their income in 2012, a French newspaper reported.

Citing data from France's finance ministry, the business newspaper "Les Echos" reported on Friday that in addition to those taxed at over 100 percent last year, almost 12,000 households paid taxes worth more than 75 percent of their 2011 income and that a further 9,910 households were taxed at more than 85 percent of their income.

The paper said this was due to a one-off levy imposed on the 2011 incomes of households with assets of more than 1.3 million euros ($1.67 million). The surcharge was introduced by socialist President Francois Hollande in an attempt to offset the cost of a rebate scheme and taxation cap introduced by former President Nikolas Sarkozy, the paper added.