Although more than half of Italian public spending is in the hands of Regions and local authorities, the taxes of Italians continue for the most part to flow into the coffers of the central state. In 2019, for example, 85.4% of the total tax revenue was withdrawn from the Treasury: practically 441.4 billion out of a total of 516.6. On the other hand, the "crumbs" went to the peripheral entities: practically just over 75 billion, equal to 14.6% of the total. This was reported by the Cgia Studies Office. An imbalance, that between revenue and expense centers, which demonstrates once again, according to the Artisans of Mestre, how the central public administration is increasingly perched on a position of defense of its intermediary role. Local administrations,which manage a share of public spending higher than that of central administrations by virtue of the transfer of functions and competences which took place about two decades ago, continue to depend to a large extent on financial coverage that comes from "Rome". However, the delivery times by the central state are not always very fast, quite the contrary. Despite a disproportionate number of taxes, duties and taxes, the first 20 items (by amount withdrawn) affect the total tax revenue for 93.7%. Only the first 3 - personal income tax, VAT and Ires - weigh on Italian taxpayers for a total value of 320.6 billion euros. An amount, the latter, which "covers" 62% of the total revenue. In view of the next tax reform, in addition to reducing the burden on households and businesses,for the CGIA it seems increasingly necessary to simplify the general picture, cutting taxes and duties which, for the treasury, often constitute more of a cost than an advantage. Furthermore, in the opinion of the Artisans of Mestre, it is essential to approve in a reasonably short time the law on differentiated autonomy requested loudly by many Regions. In other words, functions and competences must be transferred to the peripheral bodies which, in turn, must be able to count on their own resources which must be "recovered" by retaining a large part of the taxes paid by taxpayers on the territory. Only by bringing the shopping centers closer to the citizens will it be possible to better respond to the needs of the latter, making local administrators more responsible and more virtuous.Naturally, the areas of the country that lag behind will have to be economically helped by those that are not: solidarity between territories will form the glue of this epochal change. All this with the aim of lowering the general tax burden and consequently improving public finances, thus enhancing the principle of "I see, pay and vote". A reform, that of Autonomy, concludes the CGIA, which will redesign the tax authorities in a federal sense through the rewriting of 3 fundamental passages: from the center to the periphery, from people to things and from the complex to the simple.objective of lowering the general tax burden and consequently improving public accounts, thus enhancing the principle of "I see, pay and vote". A reform, that of Autonomy, concludes the CGIA, which will redesign the tax authorities in a federal sense through the rewriting of 3 fundamental passages: from the center to the periphery, from people to things and from the complex to the simple.objective of lowering the general tax burden and consequently improving public accounts, thus enhancing the principle of "I see, pay and vote". A reform, that of Autonomy, concludes the CGIA, which will redesign the tax authorities in a federal sense through the rewriting of 3 fundamental passages: from the center to the periphery, from people to things and from the complex to the simple.
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03 July 2021 Although more than half of Italian public spending is in the hands of Regions and local authorities, the taxes of Italians continue for the most part to flow into the coffers of the central state.
In 2019, for example, 85.4% of the total tax revenue was withdrawn from the Treasury: practically 441.4 billion out of a total of 516.6.
On the other hand, the "crumbs" went to the peripheral entities: practically just over 75 billion, equal to 14.6% of the total.
This was reported by the Cgia Studies Office.
An imbalance, that between revenue and expense centers, which demonstrates once again, according to the Artisans of Mestre, how the central public administration is increasingly perched on a position of defense of its intermediary role. Local administrations, which manage a share of public spending higher than that of central administrations by virtue of the transfer of functions and competences which took place about two decades ago, continue to depend to a large extent on financial coverage that comes from "Rome". However, the delivery times by the central state are not always very fast, quite the contrary.
Despite a disproportionate number of taxes, duties and taxes, the first 20 items (by amount withdrawn) affect the total tax revenue for 93.7%. Only the first 3 - personal income tax, VAT and Ires - weigh on Italian taxpayers for a total value of 320.6 billion euros. An amount, the latter, which "covers" 62% of the total revenue. In view of the upcoming tax reform, in addition to reducing the burden on families and businesses, it appears increasingly necessary for the CGIA to simplify the general framework, cutting taxes and levies which, for the treasury, often constitute more of a cost than an advantage. .
Furthermore, in the opinion of the Artisans of Mestre, it is essential to approve in a reasonably short time the law on differentiated autonomy requested loudly by many Regions. In other words, functions and competences must be transferred to the peripheral bodies which, in turn, must be able to count on their own resources which must be "recovered" by retaining a large part of the taxes paid by taxpayers on the territory. Only by bringing the shopping centers closer to the citizens will it be possible to better respond to the needs of the latter, making local administrators more responsible and more virtuous.
Naturally, the areas of the country that lag behind will have to be economically helped by those that are not: solidarity between territories will form the glue of this epochal change. All this with the aim of lowering the general tax burden and consequently improving public finances, thus enhancing the principle of "I see, pay and vote". A reform, that of Autonomy, concludes the CGIA, which will redesign the tax authorities in a federal sense through the rewriting of 3 fundamental passages: from the center to the periphery, from people to things and from the complex to the simple.
