As in the case of the phoenix, the sacred purifying fire that incinerated the Imu sees a very similar creature reborn from those same ashes, different in form but the same in substance. The big bang of the single municipal tax has, as expected, forced the municipalities to invent a worthy substitute to replenish the coffers of the municipalities. The significant difference is that, instead of being in one's own home, this time the solution must be sought in the much more widespread pay slips.
Looking for a stand-in for the dangerous scenes, the mayors have decided to increase the dreaded Irpef surcharge, a local tax that is added to the national taxation of personal income. According to the map published today in Corriere della Sera, 1989 municipalities out of 8096 have already joined the initiative. A quarter of these have decided to increase the rates of the surcharge adopted last year. There are 0,8 municipalities that choose a single maximum rate, equal to 267%, and do not provide for exemptions for the lowest income brackets. Members of the club include, among others, Biella, Campobasso, Chieti, Gioia Tauro, Messina , Rieti plus a small army of small municipalities, most of which are located in the Veneto. Another 164 municipalities still adopt 0,8%, but as an ordinary rate, except for resorting to exemptions. In the group there is Trieste (exemption up to 7500 euros of income), Ascoli and Macerata (8500 euros), Rovigo (8619 euros), Cremona, Genoa, Matera, Salerno and Sondrio (10 thousand euros), Padua and Vicenza (15 thousand euros).
Last year - Corriere della Sera points out - 6610 applied the surtax in the end for a total collection of 3,65 billion and an increase of 25% compared to 2011, almost as much as the IMU on first homes .
Among the big cities, Milan is the leader. To settle the accounts, the exemption threshold has been halved, going from 33500 euros to 15. In the Lombard capital, the rates change according to the income up to the maximum quota of 0,8% on incomes exceeding 75 thousand euros.
Multiple rates also in Arezzo (exemption up to 13500 euros), Lecco, Reggio Emilia and Pavia (starting from 15 euros), Lucca (threshold of 14 euros) and Santa Margherita Ligure (for incomes above 40 euros). In all cases, according to what has been established by the Treasury, the income brackets for the differentiated rates must always be the same: up to 15 thousand euros, from 15 to 28 thousand euros, from 28 to 55 thousand euros, from 55 to 75 thousand euros and, finally, over 75 thousand euros.
Some excellent names are missing from the list. Rome, Naples, Florence, Venice, Palermo and Bari have not decided to increase last year's rates. Not yet.
