Giorgetti: ‘The flat tax threshold could be raised in the budget. On pensions, we must ensure a balance between fiscal sustainability and fairness’
Recalling what was done in the last budget – namely the tax relief on the recruitment of young people – the minister suggests that ‘something similar could be done through an agreement between business owners and employers, who would increase salaries, whilst the government would apply a flat tax on these increases’
“In the latest Budget Bill, we very successfully introduced a policy whereby we granted a 5 per cent flat-rate tax to everyone renewing their employment contracts. In my view, something similar could be achieved through an agreement between business owners and employers who invest in young people. They would therefore increase their salaries, and the State could apply a preferential tax rate – a sort of flat tax – to these salary increases.” This was stated by the Minister for the Economy, Giancarlo Giorgetti, speaking at the event “A tua difesa – Verso la finanziaria 2027” organised by the Lega. “We need young people who are keen to become entrepreneurs again, and I believe we must create the conditions for this to happen,” added the minister.
There is an opportunity to raise the flat tax threshold
“There is an opportunity to raise the cap on the flat tax even further; this is subject to a rather obscure – and, in my view, unjustified – limit set by the EU, which we need to negotiate,” the minister added.
Pensions: fairness must be guaranteed; there are distortions in the Fornero law
“The League’s proposal regarding the age of 64 makes sense because, if you look at the Fornero law, there is a distortion: those who started working before 1996 are treated worse than those who started afterwards; I don’t understand this. It is not just a question of the retirement age; there are also some constitutional flaws. We need a degree of fairness amongst all workers – this is right and must be pursued,” added the Minister for the Economy and Finance on the subject of pensions.
With Poste-Tim, there is a vision and a new lease of life for the company
“The Tim affair has taken on a new lease of life, and now, with the initiative that has been launched, in my view it embodies a vision and provides a direction for a sector that is technologically crucial to the development of the economy,” the minister continued. “This is very important because, over the past four years, I believe the government has stabilised the situation, not only by rescuing these enterprises but also by offering a way forward for situations that had long been festering,” said Giorgetti.
Pensions: ‘ensuring fiscal balance and fairness’**
The pension system “must ensure balanced accounts and fair treatment”, said the Minister for the Economy. “The Lega’s proposal for a retirement age of 64 must be interpreted correctly”, he stated, noting that “in the Fornero reform, there is – I wouldn’t call it an injustice, but – a distortion between those who started working before 1996, who are essentially treated worse, and those who came after, who are treated differently”, he explained.
