The cost of VAT numbers increased in 2017 by 2,4 billion as an absolute value, corresponding to an average of 514 euros, from 9.577 euros to 10.091 euros for each VAT number of the country. This was revealed by a dossier from the National Foundation of Accountants, illustrated on Tuesday morning by the president of the National Council of the category, Massimo Miani, to the General States of the category, at the Nuvola in Rome.
From 6 to 2015, tax obligations for all Italian companies and freelancers, i.e. about 2017 million individuals, therefore grew from 58,1 to 60,4 billion euros. “The situation that has arisen – he commented the president of the National Council of Accountants, Massimo Miani – has reached such a warning level that, in more than one circumstance, taxpayers and professionals, in their relationship with the tax authorities and the public administration, have the sensation of being treated more like subjects than citizens of a rule of law”.
“We are facing – continued Miani – a real regulatory and application jumble, difficult to manage and to interpret, which forces professional firms to work, more often than not, in emergency conditions, with inconveniences that unjustly affect taxpayers. Our hope is that tax legislation will finally return to focus on the fundamental principles of the Statute of Taxpayer's Rights, so as to create a tax system characterized by greater stability and certainty”.
According to Miani, the escalation of tax costs is the daughter “of new strategy to fight tax evasion built, in the last three years, through measures such as reverse charge, split payment, tightening of tax compensations, periodic transmissions of VAT payments and communications of data on invoices issued and received, up to the introduction of mandatory electronic invoicing vis-à-vis the Public Administration".
Aid to Italian taxpayers came from the Renzi and Gentiloni governments who introduced the pre-compiled 730 precisely to make life easier for many taxpayers. An attempt has also been made to introduce simplifications on VAT. But real help can come from new European legislation. Commissioner Pierre Moscovici has presented a reform proposal that should revolutionize the system of indirect taxes in the countries of the Union.
