Taxation, Giorgetti: Irpef cut and scrapping remain objective, but following priorities. Salvini: review Isee

Irpef cut and scrapping? "Our objective is to do these things, naturally following a list of priorities". This was said by Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti at the Udc national party, emphasising that "all the international commitments related to defence spending, to support for Ukraine are not free of charge and are therefore a new element that we have to consider and therefore taking into account the overall picture we will line up the priorities. We know perfectly well what the priorities are and we will always do this by responding absolutely to those that were set out in our election programme." "We have shown with facts that we are capable of doing this." In connection with the Udc party, the leader of the League and vice-premier Matteo Salvini relaunched instead on the need to "revise the Isee rules because all the bonuses too often always go to the same ones".

Giorgetti's statement came a day after the even more explicit braking made in Val d'Aosta, where the economy minister was for an election appointment. On that occasion, Giorgetti admitted that the framework of the manoeuvre on which the government was working for the Irpef tax cut and the scrapping of tax files 'has become complicated because of international uncertainties. The direct and indirect burdens of the war in Ukraine are weighing heavily, from the cost of energy to the financial support that countries will have to bear. The cold shower on the measures came on a day in which the prime minister had, however, guaranteed, again speaking at the Udc party, that the polar star of the manoeuvre is the tax cut for the average income. A line that seems to be the mantra of the majority parties, even if it remains to be seen which measures they will actually focus on and how to calibrate them.

The cost of the 'rottamazione quinquies' has so far not been put in black and white. As anticipated by 'Il Sole 24 Ore' of 8 February, the estimate of a possible 2025 balance impact with the waiver of penalties, interest, and surcharges would be 5.2 billion. Even if the process of the Ddl would move the problem forward, this is a decidedly high figure to allow a large-scale definition without entry filters. Hence the rumours circulating about the possibility of providing for entry filters. On the one hand, with hypotheses of debt thresholds with collection or anchored to a certain condition of the taxpayer. On the other, with the intention of closing the revolving door mechanism of scrapping.

That the blanket is short and the resources must be directed to certain priorities was also recalled in recent days by Deputy Minister of Ecnomy Maurizio Leo. "No one in the government majority is against scrapping," but it must be done "cum grano salis," said Leo, speaking at the presentation of Cna's Local Tax Observatory of the hypothesis of scrapping quinquies in view of the next manoeuvre. Leo spoke of 'selective interventions for those who are actually in difficulty', without giving space to 'repeat offenders who can pay' and who use 'specious mechanisms' not to do so

"We have introduced the detaxation of performance bonuses and this is the way forward. It is fair that the income that is paid out more discounts less taxation' because it goes in the direction of greater productivity, Leo added, reiterating that one of the objectives is to make the Ires bonus 'structural, simplifying it'. "Let's see how to merge Ires with the 'hirer pays less' principle in the next budget law," he added, pointing out that "the fundamental premise is resources"