Decisive week for the Tares. The payment of the new waste tax could be postponed from next July to January 2014 – maintaining the old tax for this year – but the postponement would cost around two billion in terms of lower revenue. The provision had already arrived on the table of the CDM last week, however the Government - being in office for current affairs only - had chosen not to deal with it, leaving the task to the Executive under construction.
The persistence of political stalemate however, it does not seem to allow for the appointment of a new government in the short term, therefore Mario Monti's team could take charge of this intervention, loudly requested by various social parties (Confcommercio and trade unions) and also solicited by the new president of the Chamber, Laura Boldrini, in a letter sent to the Premier a few days ago.
The Tares replaces the old Tarsu and Tia and implies for Italian families an average increase in inflation of around 30%. On the other hand, a much greater burden will weigh on the accounts of commercial businesses and restaurateurs: according to Concommercio, shops should face a 290% increase, which would rise to 400% for restaurants, bars and pizzerias, and even 600% for shops of fruit and vegetables. The proceeds of Tares would thus reach around eight billion, two more than the proceeds guaranteed by Tarsu and Tia. A lifeblood which it will be difficult to deprive the Municipalities, which in many cases are already facing serious liquidity crises.
On the other hand, between June and July it could hit Italian taxpayers a blow of 31,8 billion euros due to the concurrence of various tax deadlines. According to the calculations of the CGIL, CISL and UIL, the sequence should be as follows: 11,6 billion IMU advance, 14,4 billion Irpef balance, 1,8 billion from the VAT increase of one point on the third rate (from 22 to 23%) and four billion from the Tares advance.
The three trade unions focus in particular on Tares, asking to "spread the payment through several advances and anticipate payment, as happened for the Imu last year", so as not to make this payment coincide with that of other taxes and taxes. According to an estimate by the Uil territorial policy service, the waste tax will cost an average of 305 euros, against the average 218 euros paid last year for the IMU on the same apartment.
The reason for the increase is simple: the Tares - originally introduced by the Berlusconi government and then confirmed by the Professors with the "Save Italy" decree at the end of 2011 - weighs down the calculation method and the tax base of the old Tarsu and Tia.
