(Finance) – “We want to change the face of taxman Italian. From the first half of January we will start writing the new enabling law, implementing what was foreseen in the last legislature. We will work so that by 15 February 2023 our hypothesis of delegation for a fairer and more equitable taxation comes to the attention of Parliament. The main objective is to ensure that the current system, which is extremely complex for technicians, operators, tax payers and for the tax authorities itself, is simplified”. He announced it Mauritius LeoDeputy Minister of the Economy, who spoke during the national congress of theUnagraco (National Union of Accountants and Accounting Experts) “From the pandemic to the war conflict. Towards a new tax system” in progress a Bari.
“There Budget Law just approved by the government, it is targeted right at the landing stage reform tax. We have taken priority measures for businesses and households on the expensive bills – continued Leo – obtaining the resources from the taxable base of the extra profits. In the other provisions, the leitmotif starts from the fiscal truce to introduce measures for the reduction and remodulation of the Irpef, addressing the issues of international taxation plus other rationalization measures. No amnesty but only a fiscal truce by eliminating tax bills under one thousand euros, which are difficult to collect, and providing for installments and 5% penalties to concretely help taxpayers to honor their debts with the tax authorities”.
Deputy Minister Leo receives the appeal of Joseph Direct, national president of Unagraco: “Simplification, trust, equity and guarantees: these are the keywords chosen not only for this edition of the national congress but, more generally, to redesign a new financial reform. Need a “new tax agreement” for Italy that provides for the reduction of pressure tax for families, businesses and self-employed workers, the introduction of tax policies inspired by the principle of ‘the more you hire, the less you pay’, the simplification of tax obligations, and more concrete and tangible ideas such as the extension of the flat-rate regime to all items VAT up to 85,000 euros of annual turnover, the abolition of micro-taxes, as well as the mechanism of fiscal peace to be implemented through the “balance and excerpt” of the existing tax bills”.
“After what happened in the two recent crises that Italy has experienced and is experiencing, the war and the pandemic, we can certainly say that professionals have played an important role in assisting businesses and families. This is why the comparison between politics and the professions is always desirable for those who have the burden of administering the country, which luckily happens regularly with accountants”. An important certificate recognized by Francesco Paolo SistoDeputy Minister of Justice, to the accountants present at the forum in the Apulian capital.
“On floor operating a distinction must be made between emergency measures and planning. In the face of urgency, we have been able to provide useful answers to professionals, families and businesses. This government has firmly held the reins without losing its compass as demonstrated with the approval of the manoeuvre. We managed to give a strong direction – continued Sisto – starting from the assumption that the tax can have non-fiscal purposes to direct consumer behavior; it is not simply a tax. As for the peace tax I must say that even in the previous legislature we have always believed in it, keeping however separate the crimes of fraud and total evasion from those who, on the contrary, experience moments of extreme difficulty. The State must be a friend of taxpayers and favor the possibility of being able to honor one’s debts in a sustainable way”.
According to Andrea DeBertoldi (Member of Brothers of Italy in the Finance Commission at Montecitorio): “We need to use the tax lever to encourage investments in the country’s real economy, and in particular in SMEs. In fact, I recall that national savings, quantifiable at over five billion between liquidity and investments, could be used, even to a small extent, to flow into the capital or private debt of our companies. It is clear that the provision of tax advantages would favor this flow of money, which would be essential for the country’s recovery. In this context – adds De Bertoldi – I believe our professional pension funds can also be included, which, if they were only minimally able to direct their investments towards national companies, would guarantee a large injection of growth and expansion for the national economy”.
Proposal collected by Louis Pagliucapresident of the Pension fund for accountants and accountants: “The Funds have the task of collecting contributions from professionals and paying pensions. For this reason they invest their assets where there is the best return without exposing the invested capital to risk. If the State exempts investments from taxes, the professional social security institutions will look with greater interest at using resources in the real economy. A necessary and immediate first step is that of eliminating double taxation, an unfair and highly penalizing measure”.
He also intervened on the characteristics of the tax reform Henry Zanetti (formerly deputy minister at the MEF): “The reform that needs to be done cannot stop at the tax system but must look in general at state revenues or taxes and contributions. By shifting an important piece of the contribution levy from labor costs to other forms of consumption”.
She also spoke on the involvement of professionals in decision-making processes Barbara Branca (number one of the ODCEC of Brindisi): “It is necessary to set up a table on tax reform, which sees the accountants involved in the phase of formation of the rules in a preventive and not a subsequent way. This also applies to other issues such as the fight against tax evasion and the sustainability of business activities”.
For Elban DeNuccio (national president of the Italian accountants): “The reform cannot be limited to the remodulation of the Irpef rates and the gradual elimination of the Irap. It must be a lever for the economic recovery of companies. As accountants we will have our say on the hottest dossiers of these months, from the PNNR, to tax justice, from the company crisis to tax delegation”.