Very heavy tax burden for Italian families and businesses: between now and 2018 it is destined to weigh over 43%. This can be read in an analysis by the Uninpresa Study Center which analyzes the data of the update note of the Economic and Financial Document approved by the Council of Ministers last September 30, from which Italy emerges with a very high tax burden. For this year, pressure will continue at 43,3%, rising to 43,4% for the next twelve months and reaching a peak of 43,6% in 2016. Between 2017 and 2018 it will drop again, even if only slightly, up to 43,2%.
The ratio between taxes and income will therefore remain at record levels, increasingly heavy for an economy still in times of crisis which for five years will record an increase in tax revenues of 45,7 billion euros, according to what emerges from the update note of the def. The main problem, beyond the mere fact of the high share of the tax burden, is that this will continue to rise much faster than the Gross Domestic Product. In the same document, we read that already this year the Italian state aims to collect 1,6 billion more than last year from Italian families and companies, which will guarantee revenues of 487,5 billion euros.
