Tax reform: the government meets business associations, unions ready to mobilize

For the Meloni government, a new day of discussion with the social partners on the tax reform .

After yesterday's meeting with the trade unions, which rejected the executive draft and announced forthcoming mobilisations, meetings with the representatives of businesses and professional orders are scheduled for today at Palazzo Chigi : first Confindustria, Abi, Confapi, Confimi , Confartigianato, Cna, Casartigiani, Cia, Confcommercio, Confesercenti, Federdistribuzione, Federterziario, Confeservizi, Coldiretti, Confagricoltura, Copagri. Then it will be the turn of Ania, Ance, Confedilizia, Alleanza Cooperative, Confcooperative, Unicoop, Accountants, Order of Labor Consultants, Confprofessioni, Assoprofessioni, Italian tax lawyers.

Present for the government are the Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, the Deputy Minister Maurizio Leo and the Undersecretary of the Prime Minister Alfredo Mantovano.

WHAT THE REFORM PROVIDES – The main novelty of the reform is the will to bring the Irpef from four to three brackets of income , with relative reduction of the corresponding rates. Last year, the executive led by Mario Draghi had already reduced brackets and rates from five to four. The Meloni government is now passing from four to three tax rates with the aim of reducing the general tax burden. An initial flat tax is also envisaged for employees , which will be applied to income additional to that of the previous year, along the lines of the scheme already tested for self-employed workers. Finally, the draft of the text contains the cut in tax expenses , from which the deductions for health care expenses, for education and for the interest paid on first home loans will be excluded, as well as the deductions for the contributions of domestic workers and caregivers.

(Unioneonline/F)