Evasion, Calabria “leads” the South with 18.4%

According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, tax and contribution evasion in Italy is 83.6 billion euros (last available year 2021).
In absolute terms, the lost revenue affects the most populated regions which are also those where the concentration of economic activities is greatest – such as Lombardy with 13.6 billion euros of lost revenue, Lazio with 9.1, Campania with 7, 8 and Veneto with 6.5 – in percentage terms, obtained thanks to the ratio between the amount evaded for every 100 euros of tax revenue collected.
It emerges, however, that the propensity for tax evasion mainly affects the regions of Southern Italy. In fact, in Calabria it is 18.4%, in Campania at 17.2, in Puglia at 16.8 and in Sicily at 16.5. On the other hand, the territories most faithful to taxation are the Autonomous Province of Trento with an estimated evasion of 8.6 percent, Lombardy with 8 percent and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano with 7.7 percent . The national average is 11.2 percent. In overall terms, Italy has 43.3 million taxpayers of which just over 42 million are natural persons (subject to Irpef plus self-employed workers on a flat rate regime) and 1.3 million are legal persons. Among the 107 Italian provinces monitored by the CGIA, Rome has the highest number of Irpef taxpayers: 2.9 million people of which 1.7 million are employees, 904 thousand pensioners and 64,300 subjects with income from participation. Followed by Milan with 2.4 million, Turin and Naples both with 1.6, Brescia with 927,100, Bari with 828,500, Bergamo with almost 823 thousand and Bologna with 796,700. Finally, as regards joint-stock companies (Spa, Sapa, Srl, single-member Srl, Cooperatives, etc.), the available territorial distribution is only regional and Lombardy hosts the largest number of them with 259,805. Followed by Lazio with 183,800, Campania with 129,300 and Veneto with almost 106,800.