Pensioners abroad, from FdI taxes at 4% for those returning to small municipalities
Friendly taxation to persuade Italian pensioners resident in a non-European country to return to Italia, and in particular to the small municipalities of up to 3,000 inhabitants involved in the national strategy of inland areas: in practice, the villages at risk of depopulation. The bill on the subject, by Fratelli d'Italia, which bears the first signature of Senator Domenico Matera, is being examined by the Senate Finance Committee, which is proceeding swiftly, having already completed an initial round of hearings and is about to vote on the amendments.
The small municipalities interested in becoming the tax domicile of Italian pensioners returning from abroad,' Matera, former mayor of Bucciano, Benevento, explained to Parliament 24, 'are those that today pay for a structural and infrastructural deficit', centres 'where there are fewer services, which tend to be even fewer, precisely because of and due to the continuous depopulation'. Among the proposals for changes on the table, 'there is that of raising the limit of inhabitants to 5,000 to increase the number of municipalities that could be interested' in the advantageous taxation envisaged by Pdl AS 1495.
The committee, Matera recalls, heard from the Inps, the Agenzia delle Entrate and the Anci, among others, 'and they all expressed appreciation for an idea that is not a genius idea and is very simple, it is already envisaged for the pensioners who enjoy, as it were, foreign pensions that come to Italy at a rate of 7%. The bill concerns those who benefit from Italian pensions, who will be able to come back with a reduced rate of 4%, leading to an advantage in economic terms. It is important because if you imagine that today the minimum taxation is 23%, by allowing these people to return to Italy, we bring the taxation for those who make this type of choice to 4%: the advantage is obvious'. On these issues 'there is so much to do, so much to work on': these are bipartisan issues 'and we count on having the support and backing of all the parties within Parliament'.
