The new income meter will be operational within the first six months of 2012. This was announced by the director of the Revenue Agency, Attilio Befera, during a hearing in the Finance Committee of the Chamber. “The experimentation – he added – will end within February 2012”. With the new tool, explained Befera, "as many as 100 items of expenditure" are valued.
as to fight against evasion already implemented, 2011 closes with a loot – still provisional – close to 11,5 billion euros. According to Befera, the business "has strengthened compared to previous years" showing "an absolutely positive trend".
The director of the Revenue Agency reported that two million checks were carried out last year: “There were over 700 checks for direct tax purposes, one million formal checks on tax returns and 300 on register". There were 11.500 checks that used financial investigations and the "ascertained higher taxes exceeded one billion".