Ecobonus, the car to be scrapped must have been registered for at least one year

The long wait for the new eco-incentives for car purchases is not over. But by now the contents of the new round are defined, starting with the restrictions on vehicles that can be scrapped.

More than five months after the government's first announcements, we are still at the stage of the Court of Auditors' assessment of the Prime Minister's Decree (Dpcm). The Minister of Enterprise and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso, for his part, in an interview with Sole-24 Ore on 4 May, spoke of just a few weeks for the new contributions to start. After the go-ahead from the Court of Auditors, it should be recalled, it will still be necessary to wait for the publication of the Dpcm in the Official Gazette and the preparation by Invitalia of the online platform on which the concessionaires will be able to book the incentives.

Meanwhile, the final version of the Dpcm confirms, as for the old incentives, the constraints on the cars that can be scrapped. Article 5 of the Dpcm specifies that for any type of incentive one wishes to benefit from - cars, scooters, light commercial vehicles, and in the case of both physical persons and legal entities - the vehicle delivered for scrapping must have been registered for at least 12 months in the name of the person who owns the new vehicle or alternatively in the name of one of his or her cohabiting family members on the date of purchase. In the case of leasing, the restriction applies to the lessee or one of his cohabiting family members.

In the absence of scrapping, there is a contribution of 6 thousand euro in the 0-20 bracket, 4 thousand in the 21-60 bracket while there is no bonus in the third emission category. The amount rises progressively if the vehicle is scrapped, depending on how old and therefore polluting it is. Scrapping a Euro 4 will qualify for 9,000 euros in the 0-20 bracket, 5,500 in the 21-60 bracket and 1,500 in the 61-135 bracket. With a Euro 3 you go to 10 thousand euros, 6 thousand and 2 thousand euros. With a Euro 0, 1 or 2 there is a jump to Euro 11 thousand, Euro 8 thousand and Euro 3 thousand respectively. For all these incentives there is a maximum price threshold for the model that can be purchased, excluding VAT, set at 35 thousand euro in the 0-20 and 61-135 emission bands and 45 thousand euro in the intermediate 21-60 band. In the case of the first two emission bands, a 25% surcharge is triggered for individual members of a family nucleus with an Isee under EUR 30,000, thus going up to EUR 13,500 for electric cars. For low-income earners there is also the possibility of accessing the scheme by scrapping a Euro 5 car, in which case the bonus is 8,000 euro in the 0-20 band and 5,000 euro in the 21-60 band.

Incentives are also available for the purchase of used cars, Euro 6 with emissions up to 160g/km of CO2 and a price up to 25 thousand euro: 2 thousand euro by scrapping a vehicle from Euro 0 to Euro 4. For electric motorbikes, scooters, tricycles and quadricycles, there is a 30% contribution up to 3,000 euros, rising to 40% (up to 4,000 euros) with the scrapping of a Euro 0 to Euro 3 vehicle.500 euro, but only on condition that the seller offers an additional reduction of at least 5 per cent and that a Euro to Euro 3 vehicle is scrapped. For commercial vehicles, the bonus grid is more articulated, taking into account fuel, total mass on the ground, and the presence or absence of a vehicle to be scrapped. It ranges from a minimum of one thousand euro (under 1.5 tonnes, endothermic engine with scrapping) to a maximum of 18 thousand euro (between 4.25 and 7.2 tonnes, electric or hydrogen with scrapping). For all incentives, dealerships will directly recognise the contribution and recover it as a tax credit.