Irpef tax, Salerno and Rome the most expensive. Milan pays half

Salerno and Rome are the cities where the most additional Irpef taxes are paid if you have an income of 40,000 euro, immediately followed by Avellino and Naples: all above 1,400 euro levy. For low incomes, around 20,000 euro a year, it is instead Vibo Valentia that wins the sceptre of high additional taxes. In the ranking between large cities, there is a strong contrast between the Romans with low incomes and the Milanese who pay less than half because they do not have municipal Irpef. The gap between the two big cities is still very high even at 40,000 euro: the 1,542 euro paid by the Romans contrasts with the 916 paid by those who live in Milan. Doing the accounts in citizens' pockets, measuring the level of regional and municipal Irpef is Uil, which has drawn up various rankings for regions and municipalities, measuring the impact on two income levels: at 20,000 and at 40,000 euro.

The picture taken in the various tables has a common factor: in Italy, the weight of local taxation is very uneven. Citizens with the same income - states the study of the Social Status, Fiscal and Social Security Policies, Immigration Service of Uil - pay additional Irpef, municipal and regional, clearly different, depending on the territory in which they live. We need a reform of local taxation," says Uil secretary general Santo Biondo, who heads the department, "that introduces criteria of greater equity and progressiveness, with protection for the fragile, as Italy has committed to do in the NRP. "We strongly reiterate that, never as in this historical phase dense with transformations, including social ones, the tax system of our country must be the main instrument to affirm conditions of equity and solidarity, necessary to strengthen national social cohesion," says Uil confederal secretary Santo Biondo, according to whom "too often these taxes are used to compensate for the linear cuts of governments to current spending towards the territories, without a corresponding improvement in public services. The result is that citizens, particularly those with lower and middle incomes, pay more to receive less'. Hence the need for a reform of local taxation "so that the use of local levies is transparent and traceable with respect to the financing of citizenship services such as health, education, right to study, public transport and assistance".

The first ranking is for metropolitan cities. For low incomes, those of 20,000 euro, one pays from a minimum of 263 euro in Milan to a maximum of 607 euro in Naples, followed by 606 in Rome. If you go up to 40,000 euro, however, it is the capital that leads the ranking with 1,452 euro of additional Irpef paid, followed by Naples (1,428 euro), Turin (1,206 euro) Genoa (1,138 euro), Bologna (1,122 euro) and Reggio Calabria (1,012 euro). Milan is below this threshold at 916 euro. Tail-end Cagliari at 778 euro. The ranking of all provincial capitals for income of 40,000 euro sees the capitals of Campania and Lazio at the top. Salerno is the most expensive city (1,468 euro), followed by Rome (1,452 euro); Avellino and Naples (1,428 euro); Frosinone, Latina and Rieti (1,412 euro); Viterbo (1,394 euro); Benevento and Caserta (1,348 euro). The ranking changes somewhat when looking at low-income taxpayers: the 10 cities where the highest additional taxes are paid are: Vibo Valentia, with €686; Salerno, with €627; Avellino and Naples, with €607; Rome, with €606; Frosinone, Latina and Rieti with €586; Viterbo, with €576 and Perugia, with €570.

Contributing to the differences is also the fact that citizens with an income of 20,000 euro who live in Mantua, Milan, Bolzano, Trento, Florence and Enna do not have the municipal surtax and therefore only pay the regional Irpef. At an income of 40,000 euro, on the other hand, only citizens of Trento and Bolzano are exempt.