Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti brakes on Salvini’s announcements (scrapping folders and cutting of taxes for the middle class), warning that the road to finance the next maneuver is uphill. He explains that those measures were thought in a more stable economic context, which has now “complicated” due to international crises, on which the executive has no control.
Giorgetti’s words
During a meeting of the election campaign of the League in Valle d’Aosta, in view of the regional September 28, Giorgetti recalled how the war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, continues to have repercussions on the Italian economy. According to the minister, the effects of the conflict are both direct and indirect. Explains:
The inflation wave that we have experienced in recent years is mainly linked to the increase in energy prices, a direct consequence of what happened in Ukraine: get gases or other energy sources today costs much more.
To this are added the most immediate aspects, such as support for the invaded country. Giorgetti continues:
In the international coalition there are even those who propose the sending of soldiers on the field, the hypothesis that does not concern us. But financial help is a form of support that each state will have to guarantee, and inevitably this will also end up weighing.
Irpef cut, how much you save
To finance the cutting of the IRPEF intended for the middle class, one of the government’s priorities, around 4 billion euros are needed. The hypothesized intervention concerns the reduction of the rate of the second scaglione, which would go from 35% to 33%, accompanied by a revision of the brackets: after the 2024 reform, which had reduced from four rates with a unique rate to 23% up to 28 thousand euros, the novelty would consist in the attachment of the second rate and in the expansion of the income band to which it applies, from 50 thousand to 60 thousand euros to 60 thousand euros. gross.
According to an analysis of Izi, a company specialized in political-economic studies, the tax benefits vary significantly based on income:
- With 30 thousand euros gross per year, the savings are limited to about 40 euros;
- With 40 thousand euros the advantage rises to just over 100 euros;
- With 45 thousand euros the estimated benefit reaches about 200 euros;
- With 50 thousand euros the savings become more consistent, around 600 euros;
- With over 60 thousand euros the advantage reaches up to 1,400 euros per year, equal to over 100 euros per month.
Quinquies scrapping of the folders: what we know
At the same time, the League proposes a new scrapping of the folders, the fifth, with an estimated cost between 2 and 3 billion. The extent would provide for an extended installment plan up to 120 installments in 10 years, all of equal amount and interest without interest. It would also be possible to jump up to eight installments without losing the benefits, and not initial maxi-firms would be requested, unlike the fourth edition.
Within the majority there are no oppositions of principle to the new scrapping, but “cum grain salis” must be acted, specified the deputy minister of the economy Maurizio Leo. The Deputy Minister himself reiterated that the measure must not turn into an advantage for “those who own an SUV and resort to pretentious methods not to pay taxes”.
The reference does not only concern the next budget law, but also the bill at first signal Romeo. Precisely on this bill, which introduces long -term installment for tax, contributory and other loads entrusted to the collection agent, the deadline for the presentation of the amendments in the Senate has been slipped; Initially scheduled for Friday 12 September at 12 noon, it was postponed to Monday 22 September, always at 12 noon. The decision, parliamentary sources report, arrived following various requests for extension.
