Yellow on zero VAT on bread and milk, taxes reduced by 3%: the maneuver – Corriere.it

So the day on Saturday ends up registering a real one yellow on the cancellation of VAT, now with a reduced rate of 4%, on basic necessities, such as milk and bread. Forza Italia deems it necessary, as claimed by the vice president of the Chamber, the force activist Giorgio Mul. The premier herself, Giorgia Meloni, spent herself in this sense by supporting her. It would have a low cost for the state coffers, around 470 million, but it would only reduce spending for families by a few cents. Treasury sources exclude however, at the moment, that it could end up in the maxi-provision.

On the other hand, the blanket is getting short — as she recognizes also the deputy prime minister of the Northern League, Matteo Salvini – if the hypothesized one-off collection has just been skipped, with the return of the capital illegally held abroad. And all the extra deficit recorded by the government in the Nadef, 21 billion, is already committed. There will be an extension of the bill reduction measures, including the zeroing of system charges also for the first quarter of 2023, the tax credit on the energy bill, which will rise to 35% for companies with consumption under 16 5 kilowatt hours, while the increase to 45% for energy-intensive companies is under evaluation. The social bonus for incomes under 20 thousand euros is also on the way. After Friday’s summit with the majority group leaders, the prime minister assures that the synthesis between the various government bodies is close: We are working on a financial institution that pays attention to families and businesses with particular attention to low incomes. Words that come after the meeting with the social partners. To whom he confirmed the cut in the tax wedge, of 2%, given to workers as currently in force, with the hypothesis of a one-point increase, up to 3% for incomes of around 20,000 euros, a measure that the Minister of Honey, Giancarlo Giorgetti, he vented.

From the oppositions the pitiless judgment. Charles Calenda (Action and the Third Pole) believes it is empty. a Salvini maneuver: ceiling on cash, amnesties, pensions, but these are things that fail to touch on fundamental points such as tax evasion, health care for which funds are expected to drop. Even Giuseppe Conte, leader of the 5 Stars, tranchant: a first class trip for tax evaders and corrupt people who go around with wads of cash, a dive without a parachute into the social and economic precipice for workers and poor families.

Former minister Andrea Orlando, from the Democratic Party, attacks the remodeling hypotheses of basic income because it raises cash by cutting the only existing tool to combat poverty just as absolute poverty is starting to rise again. Unexpectedly, the forced governor of Calabria, Roberto Occhiuto, joins the queue: the government’s objective is right, but it can be postponed. With inflation at 11.8% in October.