Manoeuvre, Palazzo Chigi: agreement on short-term rentals, Isee and dividends. Irap on big banks goes up

Majority meeting at Palazzo Chigi on the budget bill: "It took place in a climate of great agreement," a note said, announcing that "an agreement was reached on a number of still open issues". In detail: 'An agreement was reached on short rentals, on the extension of the Isee exemption on the first house, on Article 18 referring to dividends, the possibility of compensation for social security contributions of companies was clarified, and measures in favour of the police force were discussed'.

"We are all in agreement on the need to cancel the increase in the tax rate from 21% to 26% for those who rent a house," said Fi Maurizio Gasparri, at the end of the summit. For those who 'rent a second home, the rate remains unchanged with respect to the legislation in force,' he continued, and instead 'we are reasoning' on the limit from which 'the business activity would be triggered: the hypothesis in the field is who would be starting from the third flat. Gasparri then explains that as for all the other measures, 'it will be the Treasury that will assess the substance of the coverage'.

Among the topics is the 0.5 point increase in IRAP for large banks, which would bring the additional levy to 2.5 points. According to various sources, the revenue from the change would be just under 200 million. The technical work would still be ongoing, but an exemption would have to be used to exempt small institutions. 'We will talk to all those affected by the government's interventions, there will be an interlocution, they won't find out from the newspapers,' said the Minister for Relations with Parliament, Luca Ciriani, at the end of the meeting in the Senate on the amendments to the manoeuvre, responding to a question on whether the government will talk to the banks.

Meanwhile, a total of 105 amendments (or parts thereof) to the manoeuvre have been declared inadmissible by the chair of the Senate Budget Committee. Eighteen were declared inadmissible due to subject matter and may be replaced by the groups with other proposed amendments. Another 87 were blocked for coverage.

The amendment on Bankitalia's gold, tabled by Lucio Malan, leader of the FdI group in the Senate, passes the admissibility test. The amendment states that 'the gold reserves managed and held by the Bank of Italy belong to the State, in the name of the Italian people'. Three of the four amendments on the building amnesty were also saved from the trap. While the one that provides that 'municipalities are obliged to issue building permits as an amnesty following the proceedings instituted pursuant to the provisions of Chapter IV of Law no. 47 of 28 February 1985, article 39 of Law no. 724 of 23 December 1994, and article 32 of Law no. 269 of 30 September 2003, by 31 March 2026' was considered inadmissible because of its coverage.