The data of Cgia: national taxes three times higher than local – BBC

ANALYSIS

Data CGIA: national taxes
three times higher than local

Of the total tax revenues collected by central government, about 60% is attributable to ‘income tax (161.4 billion), to VAT (97.1 billion) and IRES (31 billion)

VENICE The national taxes are three times higher than local. He detects the Studies Office of CGIA Mestre. In 2014, for example, Treasury are “converged” well 379700000000; coffers of Governors and Mayors, however, were paid only, so to speak, to EUR 106.1 billion. Of the total tax revenues collected by central government, about 60% is attributable to ‘income tax (161.4 billion), to VAT (97.1 billion) and IRES (31 billion).

At the local level, however, the tax more ‘hard’ are Irap (30.4 billion of revenue), the IMU / Tasi (21.1 billion) , additional regional income tax (10.9 billion) and the additional municipal income tax (4.4 billion). Of a total of 485.8 billion of tax revenues collected by the IRS last year, about 78% ended up in the coffers of the central State and only about 22% of local authorities. “In the collective – says Paul Zabeo CGIA – it is widely thought that in recent years governors and mayors would become the new tax collectors, while the central government would ease the tax burden to taxpayers.”

“Actually – notes -, things did not go their way. While the last 15 years local taxes increased by 48.4%, those in the hands of the central government rose by 36.1%. A little ‘less, but not by much. ” “In absolute terms – continues Zabeo – Regions and local authorities have suffered a tax burden of 34.6 billion euro, while the weight of the national tax authorities has increased by 100.7 billion. In short, if local taxes since 2000 have started running, those tax payments recorded in absolute terms much more vigorous expansion, with the result that families and businesses, despite themselves, have been forced to pay more and more. ”

For Cgia, it is “necessary to emphasize that local authorities and regions have increased taxes in excess of the cuts made by the center. A direct comparison of the dynamics of local taxes and the performance of transfers is not an easy task, also because of the amplitude of the timeframe considered that since 2000 ‘. In this period, it highlights the Cgia were introduced numerous legislative changes which have had a significant impact on the financial relationship between the state and local governments. “Anyway – he concludes Zabeo – in recent years the government current transfers for the benefit of regional and local authorities rose from 53 billion euro in 2000 to 35 billion in 2013, the latest year available, a decrease of 35%, or to 18 billion euro. In the same period, tax revenues at the local level have grown by 32.6 billion. An amount, the latter is well above 18 billion of cuts suffered. ”