The Prime Minister announced it with a video on social media
May 22, 2024
After unrest in the majority of the past few days, it was suspended the decree of the Ministry of Economy in tax matters aimed at reintroduce the ‘income meter’i.e. the tool for checking discrepancies between a taxpayer’s actual and reported income analyzing his spending capacity, therefore the standard of living supported. This was announced by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloniafter meeting the Deputy Minister of Economy, Maurizio Leo. “No Tax Big Brother will never be introduced by the Brothers of Italy, by the centre-right, by this government. We always have been against invasive mechanisms like the income meter applied to honest people, and ours position has not changed“, said the prime minister in a video on social media. “However, we have inherited a very dangerous situation in which there is no limit to the discretionary power of the financial administration to contest inconsistencies between the standard of living and the declared income”, she added, “hence the need to issue a decree ministerial that foreseen precise guarantees for taxpayers. However, that decree generated several controversies. So today I met the deputy minister Leo, we discussed it on the contents of the decree that had been prepared by the offices of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and we have come to the conclusion that it is better suspend this decree pending further investigations because our goal is and remains that of counteract the great tax evasion and the unacceptable phenomenon, for example, of those who pretend to have nothing but go around in an SUV or go on holiday with a yacht without however harass ordinary people with invasive rules“.
Tajani: “Satisfied with stop, FI proposal accepted”
“I am very satisfied with Giorgia Meloni’s decision to have accepted our proposal to block the income meter“, commented on X the deputy prime minister and foreign minister, Antonio Tajani.
Salvini: “Good stop to Big Brother tax”
“Good that the governmentas very clearly hoped for by the League, has decided to stop Big Fiscal Brother. Forward with common sense”, said the deputy prime minister and secretary of the League instead, Matteo Salvini.
Government sources: “There will be a new revision provision”
“He comes the application of the ministerial decree has been deferred concerning the summary determination of income, pending a subsequent regulatory provision for review of the institute”government sources specify what was decided after the meeting between Meloni and Leo.
