The promise is 200-250 euros per month per child starting from July indicated by Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
The funds available are 20 billion between pre-existing aid funds and new allocations, but they could increase, said the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Elena Bonetti Family (Italia Viva).
"Italian families must rest assured, they will not lose us", is his commitment, on the eve of the
definitive
go-ahead
in the Senate of the enabling law on the single allowance for dependent children, expected for today
.
"The single and universal allowance - explained the minister - is a provision that is part of the Family Act and consists of
a quota that will be given to each child, from the seventh month of pregnancy up to 21 years of age, month after month, increased by the third child and in the case of children with disabilities
. It is for everyone, and the share will depend on income, so the less wealthy families will receive more, and the richest will only have a basic share ".
Furthermore, a transitional provision announced by the minister will make it possible not to lose the benefit even for families who have tax deductions for children over 21 years of age.
The government thus reassures the parents, after several analyzes had indicated the risk that some families could be penalized by the single allowance compared to what they take today.
Finally, a study by the Arel / Feg / Alliance for Children Working Group estimated that 1.35 million households would have had a median loss of 381 euros.
A full loss compensation clause, which would make it possible to choose the most favorable regime, would cost 800 million.
The Ministry of Economy is working on "precise calculations" as Bonetti said, who has undertaken to approve the implementing decrees as soon as possible.
The delegation provides for a tax credit or monthly allowance that will go to all families, including the incompetent and VAT numbers, now excluded from most of the child support and will replace bonuses, deductions for dependent children and family allowance.
So far this measure has been accompanied by maximum agreement and unanimously approved in the Chamber and the Senate Labor Committee, so much so that a competition has started to claim its authorship.
"We must take note that an idea passes from Leopolda to the Official Gazette", said Matteo Renzi.
"The tiring refinement of the laws - replied the deputy Pd Stefano Lepri - is not done with the special effects of the conventions, but with passion and patience".
Lepri, promoter of two bills in 2014 and 2018, with the parent company Dem Graziano Delrio, describes the single check as a "main (not exclusive) merit of the Democratic Party" and "a major reform of parliamentary initiative".