The parties that support the government are discussing how to distribute the resources of the financial maneuver. Brothers of Italy, Forza Italia and Lega seem to have reached an agreement that provides that the most important measure of the Budget Law is the cut of the IRPEF for the average class, which cost around 4 billion euros.
Other interventions that could absorb the resources of the maneuver are the scrapping of the tax collection files, strongly desired by the League, and the postponement of the increase in the retirement age automatically provided for by the Fornero law in 2027. Both these measures will have to wait, however, the calculations of the resources of the update note of the DEF.
Irpef cut for the middle class
The Meloni government has decided to follow up on the lowering of the tax burden on employees in the maneuver for 2026. A policy that has inherited from the Draghi government and which in recent years has led to make various interventions structural, which however have mainly concerned the lowest wages.
For the next year, the interventions should instead mainly involve the so -called medium class, that is to say the bracket that goes today from 30 thousand to 50 thousand euros gross per year of salary. The expected measures should:
- extend the scaglione by increasing the maximum threshold to 60 thousand euros;
- Reduce the IRPEF rate for this scaglione from 35 to 33%.
In this way the purchasing power of employees who earn these figures should increase significantly. The first calculations estimate savings on taxes to be paid to the state between 257 and 627 euros per year per person. The cost of the operation should be around 4 billion euros.
Scrapping of folders and pensions
All government forces should agree that the cutting of the IRPEF for the middle class is the central measure of the maneuver. However, the parties are also pushing for other measures that are part of the program presented during the last election campaign.
The League in particular has two objectives. The first, shared with the whole majority, is to avoid the increase in the retirement age of 3 months scheduled for 2027. It is an automatic increase dictated by the growth of life expectancy. Avoiding it does not cost much in the immediate one, but by the end of the legislature it could weigh for 3 billion euros on the state coffers.
The second measure that the League wants strongly is a new scrapping of the tax collection files. A tax amnesty for those with small debts with the tax authorities, which would allow individuals to get rid of disputes with the Revenue Agency and the State to empty the archives, making collection more efficient.
The question of resources
However, it all depends on the resources that will be available. These mainly depend on the estimates of the update of the economy and finance document, to be presented in the autumn. This relationship estimates the growth of the Italian economy and, consequently, the extent of the deficit that the government will be able to provide for maneuver.
On the Nadef of 2025, however, American duties weigh, which could slow down the economy of our country and therefore reduce the resources available to the executive. If so, some of the expected measures would risk jumping for lack of funds.
