After the go-ahead from the Chamber, the Senate also gives the definitive green light to the Budget Law passed by the Meloni government. The approval, confidently, came with 107 votes in favor.
The majority are satisfied for having managed to get the text passed in extremis, before the deadline of December 31, avoiding the provisional exercise, while criticism is raining down from the opposition.
«Under the Christmas tree you found 12 amnesties worth 1.6 billion. We would like to understand what the citizens who pay taxes have done to you, why do you discourage fiscal loyalty?», said the leader of the Democratic Party, Simona Malpezzi , during the explanations of vote.
Malpezzi recalled the "cuts in health care, on schools, on precarious workers and the 230 million stolen from young people with the new eighteen-year-old bonus mechanism". «Let's say no - he added - to this very smoky and roast-free budget law which has left only the bad memory of wild boars with
which you are characterized".
For the M5S, the Maneuver is only "ideological fury and fluff". «A budget law so austere and restrictive that it is not remembered and in the year in which the European solidarity pact was still suspended. This law is nothing but a warm pannicello, said the pentastellata Alessandra Maiorino .
As for the contents of the provision, here is what the Budget Law provides:
ENERGY - Funds to support households and businesses covered thanks to the budget variance for 21 billion. Cutting of the improper costs of bills for everyone and a strengthened social bonus (the Isee ceiling goes from 12 to 15 thousand euros) for the poorest groups.
CUT OF THE WEDGE - Contribution exemption of 2% confirmed for incomes up to 35 thousand euros. The cut rises to 3% for lower incomes: the 20 thousand euros set in the maneuver exiting the CDM rise to 25 thousand euros. Productivity bonuses up to €3,000 are taxed at 5%.
FLAT TAX - For self-employed persons and VAT numbers, the flat tax is extended to incomes up to 85 thousand euros and an incremental flat tax arrives at 15% with a deductible of 5% and a maximum ceiling of 40 thousand euros.
TAX TRUCE - There are ten different methods of regularization envisaged by the maneuver for the so-called tax truce, from the removal of files up to one thousand euros to the facilitated definition on automated checks of the declarations to the special repentance of tax violations.
FINES - Municipalities are allowed not to apply the removal of folders and fines.
SALVA-SPORT - National sports federations, sports promotion bodies, associations, professional and amateur clubs will be able to pay suspended payments in 60 installments, with a 3% surcharge.
POS AND CASH - Skip the 60 euro ceiling within which merchants could have refused card payments without penalties. To mitigate the costs of the commissions borne by the smaller merchants, a permanent table is set up and, in the event of no solution, an "extraordinary contribution" is triggered. From January 1, the ceiling for cash rises to 5,000 euros.
YOUTH CARD - The push towards cultural consumption for the young adults remains, but for those who turn 18 in 2023, it changes its face with respect to the Renzian bonus. The App18 is divided into two cards, which can be combined, which assign children 500 euros each: one for those with a family ISEE up to 35 thousand euros and one for students who graduate with honors. Those born in 2004 will benefit from the bonus in the original version.
CITIZENSHIP INCOME - For employable workers, the citizen's income will be paid in 2023 for 7 months. The others (nucleuses with minors, the elderly or disabled) will continue to receive it until the end of the year pending an overall reform. The majority wants to undermine the principle of fair labor supply, but will have to adjust the measure again to guarantee the squeeze. Instead, the tax relief for those who hire income earners rises from 6 thousand to 8 thousand euros. Food income is established for those in absolute poverty.
PENSIONS - In 2023 it will be possible to retire with 41 years of contributions and 62 years of age (quota 103). There is an incentive for those who stay in work. Change Women's option, which rises to 60 years (reducible by one year for each child and up to a maximum of 2 years), but only for three categories of disadvantaged workers. The minimum pensions rise to 600 euros for the over 75s.
INFLATION AND SOCIAL CARDS - VAT reduced to 5% for baby products and feminine hygiene products (tampon tax). Here comes the social card for low incomes up to 15 thousand.
LEAVE AND ALLOWANCE - Increase the family allowance for households with four or more children; parental leave will be 80% for an additional month within the sixth year of age, even for fathers.
SMARTWORKING - For fragile workers, smart working, both in the public and in the private sector, is extended until 31 March.
INFRASTRUCTURE AND NARROW BRIDGE - Funds are arriving for various infrastructures. And a push for the Strait Bridge, reactivating the Strait of Messina company.
SALVA-CALABRIA - 440 million are going to Calabria, spread over four years, to prevent and mitigate hydrogeological risk.
AUTONOMY - A control room at Palazzo Chigi will establish the Lep (essential levels of performance) in six months, the first step of differentiated autonomy. After another six months, the consequent ministerial decrees must be produced. If the times are not respected, a commissioner arrives.
(Unioneonline/lf)