Late, but finally they are coming out one by one. The amendments to the economic maneuver of the Monti government are no longer a mystery. After a fiery afternoon slipped away in a whirlwind of meetings and hearings, the Executive is presenting the latest changes to the intervention package to the Budget Committee of the Chamber.
The most awaited corrections were naturally those on the hot topics of the last few days – the Ici / Imu on the first house , lack of indexation of pensions – and it was precisely on this terrain that the most exhausting game was played. It seemed that the difficulty in finding the covers needed to not change the balances of the maneuver they would have imposed a further postponement of his arrival in the Chamber. But it was not necessary. The Montecitorio exam will start tomorrow morning at 10.
Now let's see what are the main changes introduced in the menovra with the amendments:
PENSIONS: COMPLETE REVALUATION UP TO 1.400 EUROS, BUT ONLY FOR 2012
Pensions up to around 1.400 euros (those three times the minimum treatment) are excluded from the revaluation block in 2012. The following year, only pensions with a total amount up to twice the minimum (about 100 euros) will be revalued at 935%. ). The original text envisaged for the two-year period 2012-2013 the automatic revaluation of pension treatments to the extent of 100% limited to treatments up to twice the minimum.
GOLDEN PENSIONS: 15% SOLIDARITY CONTRIBUTION
A 15% levy is coming for golden pensions. The solidarity contribution will apply to the portion exceeding 200 thousand euros per year and will be valid until 31 December 2014.
EARLY PENSIONS: LIGHTER PENALTIES
Those who choose to retire up to two years before their 62nd birthday will see their allowance reduced by 1% instead of 2%. After two years in advance "the annual percentage is raised to 2 percentage points for each additional year in advance with respect to two years".
ICI - IMU ON FIRST HOME: INCREASING DEDUCTION FOR FAMILIES
The deduction for the payment of the Imu on the first home increases by 50 euros for each child under 26 years of age. The total amount of the increase, net of the basic deduction, cannot exceed the ceiling of 400 euros.
EQUITY OF 0,76% ON PROPERTIES ABROAD
A tax of 0,76% will immediately apply on the value of properties located abroad and intended for any use by natural persons residing in the territory of the State. The government's amendment to the maneuver provides for it. To pay the tax is the owner of the property, or the holder of another real right on the same.
The tax is calculated on the value of the property and the value consists of the cost resulting from the deed of purchase or from the contracts, and, failing that, according to the market value observable in the place where the property is located. A tax credit is due equal to any assets paid in the State in which the property subject to the made in Italy levy is located.
STAMP DUTY ON ANNUAL ACCOUNT STATEMENTS
From 2012 January 34,20, annual bank current account statements sent by banks to customers, postal current account statements and savings account statements will be taxed at €100 if the customer is a private person. For companies and natural persons, the tax rises to XNUMX euros.
CONTRIBUTION RATE FOR ARTISANS AND TRADERS
The contribution rate of artisan workers and traders rose to 1,3% in 2012, to then further increase by 0,45% each year and reach the threshold of 2018% in 24.
SHIELDED CAPITAL TAX
Shielded capital will be subject to a special annual stamp duty of 4 per thousand. For 2012 and 2013 the rate is set at 10 per thousand.
LIBERALIZATION BLOCKED FOR TAXI
The previous version of the maneuver provided for the elimination of the territorial constraint for taxis, admitting the possibility for each license holder to work even in cities other than their own. The taxi drivers had immediately organized protests and today the remedial amendment arrived: "The transport of people - we read - by non-scheduled public bus services" is excluded "from the scope of application" of the liberalisations.
But the match could only be postponed. "Within six months of the entry into force" of the maneuver, in fact, urban mobility services (including taxis) will fall within the ambit of the broader "provisions aimed at achieving complete liberalization and efficient regulation in the transport and access sector related infrastructure".
PHARMACIES TOWARDS THE STRIKE
The government does not offer discounts to pharmacists, confirming the liberalization for the sale of class C drugs, which can therefore also be distributed by prescription in parapharmacies and supermarkets. Federfarma has already spoken of a strike, but the decision will be made official tomorrow at the end of the union presidency council.
PAYMENTS TO PARLIAMENTARIANS, NO CUTS IN MANEUVER
The Government renounces to influence the costs of politics with the maneuver to bring them into line with the European average. An amendment filed this morning provides for the Chambers to cut the allowances of deputies and senators, no longer a decree from the Executive. However, no term is specified.
PROVINCES, GOODBYE FROM 31 MARCH 2013
The new text establishes that the bodies in office will expire by 31 March 2013. Furthermore, it postponed from 30 April to 31 December 2012 the deadline within which the functions of the Provinces must be transferred to the Municipalities or Regions. Lastly, the amendment provides that the Regions with special statutes have "six months" of time to adapt their regulations to the changes in the maneuver on the Provinces. The rules "do not find" instead "application" for the Autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano.
OFFICERS NOT FORESEEN BY THE CONSTITUTION
For the moment, the fees of the councilors of the districts and mountain communities are also saved, who will keep their salary until the end of their mandate. The provision contained in the maneuver which establishes that offices are free of charge in territorial entities not envisaged by the Constitution will enter into force only "starting from the renewal of the entities" envisaged.
CASH PAYMENTS
An amendment by the league plans to raise the traceability threshold from 500 to 1.000 euros beyond which the ban on payment with cash is triggered.
