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05 November 2019The latest criticism of the maneuver came from Confindustria, which did not appreciate the measures against tax evasion too much, because they risk "to provide simple and demagogic answers". The new land was opened just as the government was trying to put a stop to the controversy over the plastic tax, working on the idea of ​​cutting it by 50%, and on the tax for company cars: for the latter, on the table there is the possibility of halving or even eliminating the price increases.

All interventions that are not at zero cost: the plastic tax is worth one billion in 2020 and 1.7 billion in 2021. While the tightening on corporate taxes would be worth 332 million euros in 2020 and would increase until 2022, when it would reach 378 million. In short, with the revision of these interventions, the government should go back to the research of almost one and a half billion only for next year.

Meanwhile, the secretary of the Democratic Party, Nicola Zingaretti, changes register and raises the tone against Matteo Renzi: "Just let everyone bring the contribution in an alliance. Opening a controversy on a maneuver signed by all is a low-level operation that Italians will judge ". With the arrival of the fiscal decree and the maneuver in the halls of Parliament, the Executive has begun to fine-tune the positions. It will defend the anti-evasion rules to the bitter end and will not make concessions to the allies either on the tax wedge or on a hundredth share. While on the narrow for company cars and on the plastic tax the margins of movement are all there: the comparison tables are in fact still open. Even on the strict anti-abuse contracts there are openings.

The Ance, that is to say the builders, has raised doubts to the tax authorities, asking for the cancellation of an "unfair" provision on withholdings for tenders and subcontracts which, it is estimated, would cost only construction companies 250 million euros a year. "We are ready to dialogue with trade associations and with Parliament to improve the norm," responded the Minister of the Economy, Roberto Gualtieri. What then is the government's attitude towards corporate car tax. Initially it was valid for all, indiscriminately, then it was modulated, leaving it as it was for the green ones, bringing it from 30% to 60% for the less polluting vehicles and 100% for the very polluting ones.

On the plastic, the Executive would be studying the possibility of lowering the tax on packaging from one euro per kilo to a figure ranging between 40 and 60 cents. It could also restrict the range of products on which to apply it or postpone the entry into force of the rule until July, instead of April. The hypothesis of discussing the content of the plastic tax does not seem to be hindered by the M5S: "There was an opening and we believe that this orientation must be maintained", said the undersecretary at Palazzo Chigi, Riccardo Fraccaro.

The line of the Count is this: the layout of the maneuver does not change, some measures can be discussed, but in the end the accounts must come back. Minister Gualtieri looks carefully at the parliamentary passage, trusting that in the House agreements can be found that improve the most discussed aspects of the provision: "I consider it physiological and positive," he said. The budget law is worth 30 billion: the only stop to increase the VAT costs 23. And there is a recourse to the deficit for over 16 billion. An installation that leaves the EU Economic Affairs commissioner, Paolo Gentiloni, prudent: "Italy - he said - still needs budgetary discipline, I'm sorry but it is".

From the fight against tax evasion, initially the government thought it could recover 7 billion. Now the estimate, although "prudent" explained Gualtieri, is 3 billion. One of the qualifying points is the push towards digital payments. The government is working on a memorandum of understanding with the banks "for the reduction of commissions and the total elimination under a certain amount".

Meanwhile, both Italia Viva and the opposition are demanding that the Ilva theme also enter into operation. Gualtieri has not been unbalanced, ensuring however that "everything possible and necessary to avoid what would be a dramatic negative outcome" will be done.