(ANSA) - ROME, 11 JAN - The current IRPEF system "discourages the offer of work" and "to earn more".
This was said by the director of the Revenue Agency Ernesto Maria Ruffini in the finance committee in the Chamber.
"The system of deductions and deductions - he explained - has determined over time a deformation of the progressivity of the 'effective' tax with respect to the nominal rates, determining a powerful disincentive to work and earn more" Also due to "decreasing deductions" which cause low-income (55,000 euros) a 'rate jump'.
Regarding the data on tax evasion, Ruffini noted that in 2018 the Revenue Agency recorded a tax gap of 79.8 billion euros for Irpef, Ires, VAT and Irap, with a "very large" reduction of 5 billion compared to the year of tax 2017. "The result - he said - is due to the measures to contrast tax evasion and the improvement of tax compliance".
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