The center-right has never been in such trouble, but if the left's broad camp continues to score one own goal after another, Meloni can sleep soundly. Just read Bonelli's latest interview with Avs...
What a mistake to invoke a wealth tax, as Democratic Party secretary Elly Schlein did. Three drawbacks to a new tax. Swedish leader Olof Palme said: "The left's task is not to make the rich cry, but to make them smile…
A wealth tax warms hearts, but it's not the best way to reduce inequality, which can only truly be reduced by accelerating growth. The Meloni-Schlein clash is just a show, while Conte-Renzi's arguments are sobering. Let's remember...
The clash between the majority and the opposition is heating up over a potential wealth tax to be imposed on the wealthiest taxpayers. Meloni: "With the right in government, it will never see the light of day." Schlein replies: "This government will be remembered for helping the rich."
According to estimates by the European Fiscal Observatory, a 2% tax on the 499 richest citizens in Europe could generate revenues of up to 42 billion euros per year.
Barnier proves to be a non-trivial politician and, in the presentation of his Government to the National Assembly, did not hesitate to propose a wealth tax on the richest to begin reducing public debt. However, the confidence of Parliament remains an unknown
From the extra tax on banks to the shadow of the assets and the return of the Treasury to Telecom, not to mention the new rules of big finance, the summer has laid bare all the approximation and amateurism of the Meloni government with a marked propensity…
On the tax reform it is right to suspend judgment because only the legislative decrees expected within 2 years will define its true identity but the Government deserves a flat rejection on the parliamentary mess on the assets
Europe climbs the rankings and takes second place in terms of number and wealth. Asia-Pacific drops to third place. North America is always at the top
the Minister of Economy Daniele Franco illustrated the guidelines of the tax reform arriving in a few days to the Finance Commissions of the Chamber and Senate, warning that however the reform cannot be carried out in deficit and that therefore it will be…
The first objective of the Draghi government is to reduce taxes on middle incomes, but finding coverage will not be easy, especially with this majority - Meanwhile, Europe is asking us to put our hands on taxes on the house
To say yes to Conte, the former prime minister Monti sets three conditions, including - in particular - the green light for the assets in the wake of the recent parliamentary hearings of the Bank of Italy - But is the time right?
In a parliamentary hearing, the head of Via Nazionale for the Fisco said that "further reductions in the levy on labor could be financed through a greater tax burden on consumption and wealth": therefore more VAT and more Imu -…
The property tax is more an ideological banner than a solution to the unsolved problems of fairness and fiscal efficiency - Depending on how it is applied, it risks producing little revenue or, on the contrary, frightening taxpayers and favoring…
The Parliament of Buenos Aires has approved the law for the solidarity contribution, a sort of one-off patrimonial tax that taxes the 12.000 richest people in the country (including former president Macri and Cristina Kirchner's son).
At the end of the First World War, the Cambridge economist, Arthur Cecil Pigou put forward a shocking proposal: a one-off flat equity of 25% on the assets of the richest - It was more of a provocation but the equity is always…
In his speech to France, the president promises many innovations but without denying his strategy: lower taxes but no assets and working more - The school of the elite will be closed
The hypothesis of a new property tax on the wealth of Italians returns to the scene but the updated examination of the results of the double levy of the Amato Government in 1992 shows that the collections would be very far from the substantial cut in public debt and from…
One of the Bundesbank's most prominent economists has presented a plan to halve the Italian public debt through a very high balance sheet - This is a provocation which, however, perfectly conveys the idea of the current situation and the risk that…
The minister from Cernobbio: "No intention of making a balance sheet" - "We want to link a part of workers' wages to productivity, without however weakening the protections guaranteed by national contracts" - "For poverty we hope to reach 1,5 billion" .
The Minister of Labor Giuliano Poletti excludes the hypothesis of a property tax or resorting to other taxes to obtain the money necessary for the repayments of the failed revaluations of pensions
Spending review and news on tax authorities and pensions are coming - Humanitarian measures planned for food stamps, energy and health care for the poor, minimum wage pilot scheme - Review of privatizations and VAT - Assets at the door - EU:…
1,5 billion should come from the fight against petrol trafficking and 800 million from the fight against cigarette smuggling - In addition, another 2,5 billion would be the result of a tax on large estates and another 2,5 billion…
ASSONIME'S TAX REFORM PROPOSAL to President Renzi - Shifting taxation from work and businesses to consumption and assets (including government bonds) - To reform the tax system in line with growth, Assonime proposes to the premier...
INTERVIEW WITH MAURO GALLEGATI, the economist from the University of the Marches who brought together Stiglitz and Grillo in a Roman restaurant in December 2005 - A development model no longer based on GDP but on well-being as Istat says - The…
The candidate for prime minister of the Democratic Party cuts short: "I don't intend to conceive a property at all. I think our problem is traceability" - "Never again amnesties" - As for the large companies controlled by the state, in particular Finmeccanica, according to Bersani "there are no And…
The electoral campaign is played on the thread of taxes - On the one hand Berlusconi who promises to abolish the Imu in exchange for increases on alcohol and tobacco - On the other Bersani and Monti, from which similar indications come: no to a…
A new central political subject has been born in Rome - with the help of Italia Futura, Indipendenti per l'Italia, Zero Positivo - which has the ambition to change the Italian political geography and launch a modernization policy in the sign…
As for a possible balance sheet, Monti specified that the Executive is studying the provision, "but it won't introduce it overnight".
The new levy affects almost all financial products: investment funds, life insurance policies, government bonds, various bonds - For this year the rate is one per thousand, but with a minimum threshold set at 34,2 euros - Below the limit…
"They are not necessary, we are already on the right track" - The Premier to the parties: "It is important that they find agreements on political-institutional reforms" - "Do not slacken the commitment and pace of decision-making".
Instead, the minister is cautious about the possibility of lightening the tax burden: "Reducing taxes to those who pay them is our goal, but it is unthinkable in the short term".
Despite the liquidity made available by the European Central Bank, the process of strengthening the banks' capital is still far from finished. The credit crunch phase is therefore expected to last throughout 2012.
There is a clash between Cnel and the Government on the Economic and Financial Document: "The new revenue deriving from the recovery of tax evasion and from the new taxes must not be additional but must be allocated to the reduction of the levy on income", says the…
In a surprise move, in the decree on tax simplifications, the Government corrects the "assets" introduced just two months ago with the save-Italy: the proportional stamp duty of one per thousand will also affect bank and postal deposit accounts and…
Tax reform, IRAP, real estate taxation, fight against tax evasion: the former Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade, Augusto Fantozzi, has his say in front of the members of the Senate Finance Commission who heard him on the matter of the reform…
To give the government time to act on public spending and relaunch the economy, extraordinary interventions must be put in place that affect the debt and crowd out the markets: instead of a capital loan, a capital loan of 300-400 billion could be launched for…
Today the decree arrives in the Chamber - Battle in the Senate of the League, which announces obstructionism - Opening by the IDV, Donadi: "The question of fairness has found answers, albeit minimal" - Confidence is increasingly likely - Changes are coming in…
The stamp duty replaces and extends the one established by Tremonti last summer - Excluding pension funds and health funds - Nothing changes for current accounts and deposit accounts - The withdrawal will have a minimum amount of 34,20 euros and…
INTERVIEW WITH GUALTIERO TAMBURINI - For the president of Federimmobiliare, with the tax increases on the house "it's raining on the wet" - Thus "the prices of the real estate market will not drop and the sales will not restart" - "It was much better to envisage a patrimonial…
A fiery weekend for Prime Minister Mario Monti, called to confront the political and trade union forces - Meanwhile, ministers and technicians are shaping the measures that will flow into the reform package worth over 20 billion - Between now and…
Income tax should increase by two points for the brackets currently at 41 and 43% - We are still discussing the threshold to be imposed on the tax on goods such as custom-made and yachts.
A 0,5% levy is being thought of on wealth exceeding one million euros - Opening by the secretary of the PDL, Angelino Alfano - During the week the Premier will meet the social partners and the leaders of the major parties - Today the…
President Marzano listed some suggestions to the Senate commission to implement a tax reform urgently and as soon as possible: an ordinary balance sheet, the strengthening of the Revenue Agency, a remodulation of the tax regimes of existing favors and…
The director guarantees that "there are no technical problems, but only decisional and political ones. Our databases are rich and up-to-date. We have everything in the database, including the analysis of financial movements with the latest maneuver".
A document drawn up by parliamentarians of all the parties that support the Government, from Lanzillotta (Api) to Vitali (Pd), from Baldassarri (Fli) to La Loggia (Pdl) puts forward some proposals both to ensure the consolidation of public finances and to support …
The tax on first homes in Paris has never been questioned - The Isf, the acronym that identifies property, was reformed last spring: it was substantially reduced, but in the meantime tax breaks have been eliminated for…
There are no easy solutions to really affect the stock of public debt: rather than imagining restructuring or extraordinary interventions that can cause damage, it is better to focus on a good budgetary policy and greater economic growth - What…
The new prime minister has refuted the idea that Italy is commissioned by Europe or by the ECB, because in reality what is requested by international bodies corresponds to measures already studied and proposed by many Italian research centers - Politics in two stages: first…
Protagonists of the world of economics and finance such as Balice, Basilico, Cavazzuti, Colombatto, De Felice, Gilardoni, Grieco, Sapelli, Tantazzi, Verzelli and Viesti indicate which are the first measures that the new Executive must take in order for Italy to recover market confidence...
INTERVIEW WITH GIORGIO LA MALFA - "A rapid sale of public real estate and movable assets would allow the Treasury not to have to place its BTPs for a while and to recover confidence" - Reducing debt and stimulating growth…
Four proposals to bring public debt back to safety without resorting to assets: 1) taxing social security contributions to reduce labor costs and boost exports and GDP; 2) holding company of local public shareholdings with the task of divesting them;…
Piazza Affari recovers 2,3% - All European price lists are positive on the eve of the G20 - Merkel: "Make haste" - Great expectations for the CDM convened by Berlusconi in the evening: assets or current account withdrawals? - Banks net…
INTERVIEW WITH THE OFFICIAL OF ITALIA FUTURA - "Next year, between renewals of maturing securities and new issues, we will need around 400 billion: to avoid resorting to the market, we need to launch a major plan for the disposal of public assets,…
The idea of Andrea Monorchio, former State Accountant, and Guido Salerno Aletta is to ask citizens for a loan (voluntary or forced) equal to 10% of their properties, which can be financed by banks with a limited mortgage on the properties…
The crisis is also hitting Spain hard, but Madrid is more credible than Rome: this is demonstrated by the spread but also by the resignation of Zapatero and the political turnover - It is the sense of the state that makes the difference - After…
Beyond the stabilization of the current crisis, with temporary effects, more structural successive steps are needed: simplification processes, liberalisations, privatisations, addressing the knots of the labor market (which are not optimally resolved by article 8) - A patrimonial …
The CEO of Fiat is in Rimini at the Meeting of CL. "New taxes would affect the car market, while the issue of bonds subscribed by all European countries seems to me the only solution to the debt problem"
For the second day in a row, Piazza Affari closes with an increase of 4% - The recovery of Mediobanca (+9,9%), Fonsai (+8,6%), Unicredit (+5,6%) is spectacular - La Zucchi by Buffon gained 20% - US data is decisive…
