Manoeuvre, majority summit: focus on scrapping, pensions and the Irpef cut
The government discussed the key measures of the next manoeuvre
Key points
Ahead of the final rush on the manoeuvre, the majority took stock and met at Palazzo Chigi for about two and a half hours with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti to take stock and untie the last knots.
The Irpef cut
It remains to be defined whether the two-point cut in the second Irpef tax rate, from 35% to 33%, to give oxygen to the middle class will be limited to the 28,000-50,000 euro bracket, as the premier has also hinted at, or whether it will eventually be extended to 60,000 as Forza Italia is demanding.
The scrapping
There is also the question of how to scale down the new 'rottamazione' (tax amnesty) strongly desired by the League: over 8 or 9 years, with a minimum payment of €50 to speed up the amnesty on small sums. The size of the two measures, according to majority sources, would in any case depend on the contribution that will come from the banks. The government is intent on asking for a hand "like last year", the Prime Minister has already said, reiterating that there is no "punitive" intent. On one point everyone agrees, this manoeuvre - whose coverage will also come from cuts to ministries - must also favour families and births: therefore, work is underway on tax deductions with the family quotient and to confirm optional parental leave at 80%. For health care, instead, "several billion more" are on the way, assures the deputy prime minister Salvini.
Pensions: 170,000 excluded at risk from partial stop
Anche l’aumento dell’età pensionabile è in cima ai temi caldi. Il governo è intenzionato a bloccare l’innalzamento automatico di tre mesi che scatta dal 2027. Ma l’intervento costerebbe oltre 3 miliardi a regime. Una cifra considerevole e per questo sul tavolo dei tecnici ci sarebbero già altre ipotesi. A partire da quella di bloccare l’aumento solo per chi ha già compiuto 64 anni: il costo stimato è di 1,5 miliardi il primo anno e 2 miliardi a regime. In questo modo, però, si rischia di escludere circa 170mila lavoratori, quelli cioè che pur avendo raggiunto i 42 anni e 10 mesi di contributi (un anno in meno per le donne) nel 2027 non avranno ancora compiuto 64 anni. Si lavora nel frattempo anche ad altre ipotesi, tra le quali lo scatto di uno scalino più basso nel 2027 con un solo mese in più e uno o due nel 2028: intervento considerato costoso, anche se non ci sarebbero ancora quantificazioni. Scenari su cui già rumoreggiano le opposizioni, accusando il governo di prendere in giro i la
The Ires bonus, introduced last year for virtuous entrepreneurs who make profits but invest in employment and innovation, expires at the end of the year and will certainly be renewed. Added to this will be the new incentive that will overcome Industry 4.0 and Transition 5.0, which have not worked fully. It will be - in the words of the Minister for Enterprise, Adolfo Urso - a 'more flexible measure, free from European constraints that exclude the most energy-intensive industries, those that need it most, and it will be financed with national resources, in a lasting way, so that companies can plan'.
