Narrow escape: there will be no increase in the Irpef surtax, at least for this year. The measure was contained in a draft of the decree that the Council of Ministers should approve tonight. The provision will serve to release 40 billion to be used to pay part of the debts of the public administration.
The Minister of the Treasury, Vittorio Grilli, had explained yesterday evening that the law would not appear in the definitive text, but the clarification had not been sufficient to prevent the controversies of the parties and social partners from flaring up today. This morning, therefore, the confirmation arrived: the heavy tax will exist, but only starting from 2014, as envisaged by the decree on fiscal federalism.
The text circulated yesterday, on the other hand, allowed the Regions that will use cash advances to increase the additional Irpef rate up to a maximum of 2013% as early as 0,6, thus raising the ceiling from the current 1,73 to 2,33 .XNUMX%.
"According to the resolutions approved yesterday in Parliament, the increase in taxes for citizens is not in the records - said this morning on Rai 3 Michel Martone, Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Policies - also because there was a position very strong of all parties. These are journalistic indiscretions ”.
