In contrast, the growth rate was increased by the replacement tax, by 2.2 billion, in a balance that remained positive at 9.75 billion and is explained by many measures now being examined by the Senate. Which for example removes contractual increases from the Irpef taxable amount for private workers with income up to 28 thousand euros, or part of the additional salary for civil servants earning up to 50 thousand euros, and asks in return (with a “substitute”, in fact) a fixed tax, lighter than the ordinary tax. The second level of cuts does the rest, in a chapter that has numbers in hand and is the real crux of the entire maneuver.
But nothing is free, especially in a country that has Europe’s second-largest public debt in relation to GDP (but is only a matter of time before it reaches its peak) and must respect the tight budget trajectory agreed with Brussels. Apart from giving, the consequence is the maneuver of asking.
This can be clearly seen from the number of IRES which will increase by 2.3 billion next year, by 3.1 billion in 2027, while in 2028 the difference compared to the trend will decrease to 614 million. There we find some of the larger structural revenues requested from banks, also requested to advance new resources with further postponement of deferred tax credits, but also bills presented to companies, for example from changes in the direction of taxation on dividends contested by Forza Italia. The three-year horizon excludes most of the discounts given to companies that will invest from “hyper” and “super” depreciation returns, which are discounted over longer periods of time.
In the increase in VAT revenue of 1.6 billion, the anti-evasion rules introduced with sprint control were felt thanks to the cross-referencing of electronic invoice data, electronic receipts and periodic payments (Lipe). The environmental label accompanies the “realignment” of excise rates between petrol (will fall) and diesel (will rise), which thanks to the greater diffusion of diesel engines will generate 1.7 billion between 2026 and 2028. The new revenue of 1.5 billion generated from tobacco and similar products can precisely be motivated by the noble cause of health protection.
But from tobacco sellers to distributors, the scope is determined by law. Because every choice has its consequences, even if in years of easy deficits, the opposite is assumed to happen.
