On thetax evasion in Italy we have a negative data and a positive signal. If on one hand, “in Italy the level of tax evasion remains very high, around 84 billion euros the year”on the other hand, however, “our Financial Administration has 190 databases digitally connected to each other, archives that collect an incredible amount of tax information which, if appropriately cross-referenced, could determine with great precision the fiscal fidelity of each of the 43.3 million Of Italian taxpayers“. To analyze this dual reality is the Cgia of Mestre, the Italian General Confederation of Crafts.
This double standard of analysis represents a wake-up call for the present but, at the same time, a great hope for the future. Evasion in 2021 – explains the analysis – amounted to 83.6 billion euros, of which 73.2 billion in lost tax revenue and 10.4 billion in lost contribution revenue. The figure fell by 3.1% compared to 2020, but still remains very high compared to the European average. Yet, in the face of this worrying conclusion, the CGIA’s analysis explains to us that the Italian tax authorities have 190 databases digitally connected to each other, which not only contain an enormous amount of tax information which if used in the right way could determine with great precision the tax loyalty of each of the 43.3 million Italian taxpayers”.
In detail, according to data reworked by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, tax evasion in Italy stands at 83.6 billion euros. A piece of data that refers to 2021, the latest year for which data is available. However, the CGIA research office has examined this data in greater depth, trying to understand which are the territories most loyal to the tax authorities and which are those which record the highest levels of tax evasion. The result? It is easy to say: in absolute terms the lost revenue affects the most populated regions which are also those where the concentration of economic activities is greater – such as Lombardy with 13.6 billion euros of lost revenue, the Lazio with 9.1, the Campania with 7.8 and the 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 evasion mainly affects the regions of Southern Italy. In fact, in Calabria is al 18.4 percentin Campania at 17.2, in Puglia at 16.8 and in Sicily at 16.5. The territories most faithful to tax remain 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. With a national average of 11.2 percent. Overall, the CGIA analysis reveals, Italy has 43.3 million taxpayers. Of these, 42 million are natural persons and 1.3 million are legal persons.
Of the 107 provinces monitored by the Mestre research office, Rome has the highest number of Irpef taxpayers: 2.9 million people. Following are Milan (2.4 million), Turin and Naples (both with 1.6 million taxpayers).
