Tax bills, total amnesty for those up to € 1,000 and 50% up to € 3,000- Corriere.it

Bins up to € 1,000 are trashed, while those between € 1,000 and € 3,000 “the evaded tax can be reduced by 50%”. The Meloni government proceeds with the fiscal truce and the gift to those who have pending matters with the tax authorities. Of the 13 million files that are leaving in the coming months, explains Maurizio Leo, Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance, “they must be managed with this fiscal truce mechanism”. The folders would be those up to 2015. As regards those from 1,000 to 3,000 euros, including tax evaded, penalties, etc., the benefits and interests will be removed, while the amount of the tax can be reduced to 50%, “Even if the accounts are still being done, explained Leo, but the penalty could also be reduced” to 5%.

Only 6-7% of the cards can be redeemed

“Let’s stop the deluge – said the undersecretary – This mass of files exists because over time so many provisions have been made according to which, after the process that starts from the assessment notices often not honored by taxpayers, they translate in tax bills: 1,132 billion in all. Of these, the Court of Auditors tells us that only 6-7% can be collected ».

Leo: collection costs higher than income

According to the deputy minister, the files sent to the deceased and to those who have companies in bankruptcy and can no longer fulfill their tax obligations, «must necessarily be eliminated. A selection must be made on the remaining folders. If there are folders whose amount does not exceed 1000 euros, the collection costs are higher than what can be collected. If the file is 800 euros, the collection cost is much higher ». Since a similar measure was adopted from 2000 to 2010, resetting these folders, now, says Leo, «if we bring that date and move it forward to 2015, all the folders with a value of less than 1000 euros can be trashed. Not because we want to make amnesties, discounts, but because the collection costs are higher ». Therefore, for the deputy minister, it would not be a gift to the voters, to whom they had actually promised it during the election campaign, but a reasoning for saving for the state.

Leo: Difficult flat tax for employees, we think about bonuses

Furthermore, Leo explained that the government would like to “extend the incremental flat tax to employees, but the numbers are robust and it is complex to do so. However, employees – I am thinking of those in the private sector – have a productivity bonus on which a 10% up to 3,000 euros is applied. We can leave 10% up to € 3,000 and then on the part that exceeds € 3,000 we can apply 15%, or we can apply 5% to € 3,000 ». In short, we are still in the field of hypotheses, in view of the next maneuver.