April 17, 2024 09:02
The director of the Revenue Agency: “Not all this money was used to avoid paying taxes, because the non-existent credit may have been purchased by a transferee”
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“Not all these billions were used to avoid paying taxes, because the non-existent credit may have been purchased by a transfereedue to lack of attention or complicity in the fraud, and then use it when paying taxes”, added Ruffini. The discovery of the fraud “may, however, have occurred before its use, and therefore there may be no damage to the Exchequer. But it’s a small part.”
Involvement of local authorities in controls
Responding to a question on the possible involvement of local authorities in the control of the actual execution of the works in the area, Ruffini recalled that “there is the sharing of the results of the tax evasion recovery which they can already report today”. In this perspective, “being a phenomenon that has affected the entire national territory, there could be the involvement of local authorities through for example the local police. In fact it could be the only way to trigger a virtuous circuit, but a rule is needed and we we can contribute by identifying the types of interventions.”
Ministry: “Automatic construction bonuses incompatible with EU standards”
From now on, the energy efficiency objectives, as well as the improvement of seismic risk, “must take into account the objectives of financial sustainability in the medium-long term and the reduction of public debt both in economic phases and from a structural perspective”, he said. underlined Spalletta. “From a structural point of view, we believe that an overall rationalization of the rules on construction subsidies, and a redefinition of the subsidies, cannot ignore two lessons resulting from recent experience. Firstly, tax incentives must be designed avoiding excessively generous and providing more stringent limitations on spending ceilings, to reduce opportunistic behavior and disruptive effects. Secondly, the transformation of tax credits into direct spending contributions subject to preventive authorization procedures to access benefits is now recommended to achieve the dual objective. of monitoring spending and promptly acquiring data on the progress of the measures and, therefore, the impact on public finances”.
