Fuel bonuses, bill discounts in support of vulnerable groups struggling with price increases, reset for the same period as system charges in the gas sector and VAT reduced to 5%. Among the topics addressed are the regulation of short rentals. While there amnesty on receipts change clothes. These are the main measures contained in the Energy decree launched by cabinet in a busy week for the Government led by Giorgia Meloni: it's time to deal with the Update Note to the Economic and Financial Document and with the funds available to write the Economic Maneuver. The meeting was initially called for Thursday, however it will be held on Wednesday at 18,30pm.
The text matters 8 articles compared to the 12 in the draft circulated in recent days. The extension to comply with crypto-assets and funds for school substitutes are skipped. In the foreground is the 80 euro bonus against high fuel costs, addressed to families already benefiting from the Dedicated to you card, as well as the renewal for the fourth quarter of 2023 of the enhanced social bonus on electricity and gas bills. A warm blanket if you consider the effects of high prices on the pockets of Italians.
Fuel bonuses
Il fuel bonus for the most disadvantaged groups it will be uploaded to the "Dedicated to you" social card. It concerns families with an ISEE of less than 15 thousand euros. The amount of the contribution will be established within 30 days of the entry into force of the decree with an ad hoc provision from the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy: it should be around 80 euros.
Discounts on your bill
Expected a extraordinary contribution for the fourth quarter (October, November and December) to holders of electric social bonus. The news is that the extraordinary contribution will "increase with the number of members of the family unit according to the typologies already foreseen" for the social bonus. It will be up to Arera to define the size of the contribution by spreading the overall cost over the 3 months based on expected consumption. For the subsidy, which replaces the one for heating provided for in the decree last March, a maximum expenditure of 300 million is authorized for 2023. Finally, again for the sector, the text also provides for the extension for the elimination of the costs of system and VAT reduced to 5%, which also applies to district heating.
Change the amnesty of receipts
Taxpayers who from 1 January 2022 to 30 June 2023 have committed one or more violations of the obligations regarding the certification of fees will be able to remove them through the active repentance, the completion of which must take place by 15 December 2023. It will be possible to pay one eighteenth of the legal minimum required for that irregularity. Violations can be ascertained until 31 October 2023 and must not have already been contested by the time the correction is completed.
Scholarships and first home bonuses under 36
The decree also includes an increase in the supplementary fund for scholarships for university students (+7,5 million euros) and the extension of bonus for buying your first home for the under36: The application deadline is postponed by three months from September 30 to December 31, 2023.
Short rentals
Among the topics addressed is the regulation of short rentals. The text developed by the Ministry of Tourism led by Daniela Santanchè should then be presented in the next Council of Ministers.
Support for energy-intensive businesses
Change the concessions for the so-called energy-intensive businesses, which have achieved an annual electricity consumption of no less than 1 GWh. To access the support, these companies must operate in one of the sectors at high risk, or at risk, of relocalisation or have benefited from the same benefits in 2022 or 2023 in compliance with the requirements set out in the 2017 Mise decree. However, companies in a state of difficulties accessing state aid.
The benefits are different. The charges of companies for the electricity system are established at the lower value between a percentage varying from 15 to 80% of the charges for the support of renewable sources, and a percentage between 0,5 and 3,5% of the value gross addition of the company. The charges decrease if the company covers at least 50% of its electricity consumption from zero-emission sources.
Transport bonuses
12 million are expected for transport bonus. The fund established this year provides support for the purchase of season tickets for local, regional and interregional public transport services or for national rail transport services. The value of the voucher is equal to 100 percent of the expenditure, up to a maximum of 60 euros, and is recognized to those who in 2022 had a total income of no more than 20 thousand euros.
