Does the ten-year amnesty for tax bills under 5,000 euros risk unleashing 'Vietnam' in Parliament?
This is the question that arises in the aftermath of the council of ministers which, according to the reconstructions, was blocked for a few hours precisely because of the tug-of-war between the two sides of the super-majority that surrounds Mario Draghi, Pd and Leu on the one hand, Lega and Forza Italia on the other.
Breaking what seemed like a taboo, Draghi called the measures with his technical definition: "amnesty", dismissing the "fiscal peace" which would presuppose a war between two parties on the same level, which it is not;
rather with "amnesty" we are at "forgiveness of debts".
The amnesty issued by the council of ministers provides for the cancellation of all tax debts, up to 5,000 euros, "including capital, interest for delayed registration in the role and penalties" from 2000 to 31 December 2010. And it applies only to subjects, individuals and businesses, who have received a taxable income of up to 30,000 euros in the tax period in progress as of 31 December 2019. Very little for those who expected the cancellation of the entire "warehouse" of Collections (about 1 billion).
And yet "a slap in the face to those who pay taxes" as the general secretary of Uil Pierpaolo Bombardieri recalls. 5,000 euros, both of the income of the beneficiary, exceeding 30,000 euros.
And now he will aim to widen the meshes in Parliament "The one achieved with the Sostegni Decree is only the first step for us" warns the Northern League's Undersecretary for the Economy Claudio Durigon who says "sure that a majority can be found in Parliament to improve the provision ".
In Durigon, first the president of the senators of Forza Italia, Anna Maria Bernini, "In Parliament we will assert these reasons certainly not to plant flags of identity, but only in the name of common sense".
And then the coordinator Antonio Tajani "Thanks to us, a change of pace on the tax authorities. But that's not enough. We'll do more."
promises.
On the other side of the majority is the former deputy economy minister Antonio Misiani, now chosen by Enrico Letta as economic manager of the Democratic Party, to defend the stakes.
"It would be singular - he says in an interview with ANSA - to dedicate the limited coverage available to the parliament to the expansion of the cancellation of the tax bills, when we have many other economic and social measures to strengthen. The Democratic Party will ask to use the available resources to help businesses, families and workers. If Salvini or someone else wants to propose to use them to forgive the fines of those who have not even been touched by the crisis and do not need any help, free to do so. We will vote against ".
On the other hand, all agree on the revision of the collection system, a contributing cause of the accumulation of files over the years, with a "redefinition of the discipline of difficult-to-collect loans".
According to the provisions of the Sostegni Decree, in the next 60 days the Mef will present a report to Parliament that will dictate the "criteria for proceeding with the revision of the control mechanism and write-off of uncollected credits".
The Sostegni dl also extended, until April 30, the suspension of all tax bills and all executive notices, blocked for a year now, due to the Covid emergency.
