From banks to Irpef, the manoeuvre site opens amidst tensions

The 2026 Manoeuvre has already started to appear in the discussions of the majority leaders and economic managers for a few days. But this year's budget session is intertwined with seven regional elections scheduled for the autumn (Marche, Tuscany, Veneto, Calabria, Campania, Puglia, Valle d'Aosta). Therefore, it is not surprising that the governing parties are aiming to give green light to impactful measures: from the reduction of IRPEF to the new scrapping, passing through measures to support the natality (the idea of combating the birth rate by strengthening deductions for working mothers remains strong in the government). But the resources, as always, will not be many and therefore choices will have to be made: the first tensions in the majority are already beginning to circulate.

Matteo Salvini, leader of the League and deputy prime minister, has returned to talk about the collection of tax bills: 'It is urgent'. Indeed, more than that, 'for the League, and I hope for the entire government, it is the priority'. A 'definitive scrapping' to 'free the hostage Italians' from the demands of the IRS, relaunched the Carroccio secretary, who also proposes changing the Isee model, which, according to him, would have 'a still too socialist imprint'. The point of fall on scrapping could be the provision of a targeted intervention against serial scrappers who fail to fulfil the commitments with the tax authorities made by adhering to the facilitated definitions. But Salvini also spoke again about the 'flat tax also for incomes up to 100,000 euro',

To find the resources, Salvini returned to talk about the hypothesis of a levy to the banks ('a voluntary and spontaneous contribution'). A measure that Forza Italia does not like, however: 'It is not with tax threats that things are achieved. We need to talk and confront each other. The banks must do their part but they cannot be indicated as public enemy number one,' said Forza Italia leader Antonio Tajani.

Fdi's deputy minister for the economy, Maurizio Leo, reiterated that the goal is to 'support the incomes of the middle class'. Last year the tax wedge cut was made structural, this year the aim is to reduce the middle rate from 35 to 33 per cent for incomes up to 60 thousand euro. A prospect that Forza Italia also likes. However, it must be understood where to find the 4 billion needed for the rate cut. According to Fi, the resources should be taken from the recorded increase in tax revenues.