The middle class with the new delegation? Harassed. The trap of double progressiveness

The tax reform of the Meloni government has aspects in common with that of Draghi, but is consistent with different objectives. It is choosing to focus on tax reduction. A road that has dead ends

The recent enabling law on tax reform presented by the Meloni government has many aspects in common with that of the Draghi government, it is true. But sometimes a few words are enough to reveal big differences. On personal income tax, for example, Draghi’s delegation was inspired by the dual model, while Meloni’s indicates the flat tax as a long-term goal. The dual scheme – which taxes all capital income at the lowest income tax rate, to which other income is progressively subjected – refers to two related objectives: to treat the different types of income in a homogeneous way and to maintain a good degree of progression.