Portofino, in the province of Genoa, is the richest Italian municipality in the area. This can be learned from the data on Italian incomes declared in 2023, with tax year 2022, published by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Ligurian city stands at the top of the ranking with an average income of 90,610 euros owed to 301 taxpayers in total. A record taken away from Lajatico (province of Pisa), according to the processing of data for the 2021 tax year, which this year instead occupies second place with 52,955 euros of average income for 1,021 taxpayers. Click here for the interactive map and search for the municipality you are interested in.
The top 30
Portofino’s leap was notable, considering that the previous year it was not in second place but actually in fourth with an average value recorded at 39,200 euros. Concluding the podium, in third position, is Basiglio, a municipality in the province of Milan, where the 5,704 registrants reach an average income of 49,524 euros. Followed by Briaglia (Cuneo, in Piedmont), Cusago (Milan) and Torre d’Isola (Pavia), respectively with 43,475, 39,814 and 36,841 euros of average income. Most of the municipalities found in the top 30 of the Italian income ranking he comes from Lombardy (17). The second region, in terms of cities present, is Piedmont, which has six. Three from Liguria, including the first place. Tuscany has two (the second placed municipality is joined by Forte dei Marmi in 14th place with an average income of 34,945 euros). Finally, Emilia-Romagna and Valle d’Aosta with one municipality each: in 20th and 21st place are Albinea and Courmayeur respectively with 33,174 and 33,073 euros of average income.
The interactive map
The Withub editorial platform, by processing the Mef data, has created an interactive map to consult the incomes of Italian municipalities in 2023 (tax year 2022), divided city by city. The infographic can be consulted at this link:
The Irpef declaration in 2023
From the photograph released by the Finance Department, it emerges that the Irpef declared by Italians in 2023 guaranteed the State revenues of 174.2 billion euros, with an increase of 1.9% compared to the previous year. Each citizen paid an average of 5,380 euros in Irpef, declared by almost 32.4 million subjects (approximately 77% of the total taxpayers). For approximately 9.7 million subjects the net tax was zero. It should also be noted that taxpayers with net tax and incomes up to 35 thousand euros (80% of the total) declare 37% of the total net tax, while the tax burden remains largely on the shoulders of the remaining 63%. who declares incomes exceeding 35 thousand euros (20% of the total taxpayers).
