tax avoidance is admitted, but the concrete will to make it emerge is not evident!
An in-depth analysis of the progress of discussions with the respective State Secretariats on reforms was the second theme of the April 6 episode of “CSdL Informa”. In particular, the reform of the taxation, pensions and also the labor market, of which traces had been lost until recently. Pension reform – Aware that reform is needed to leave young people with a balanced pension system in perspective, the CSdL has placed three fundamental issues with its interlocutors that need to be clarified, and on which the entire reform depends. In particular:
1) The quota 103 cannot be understood as an indicator in the proposal: precocious workers and long careers must be taken into account. If the content represents staying as it is now, this is a serious impediment to moving forward.
2) The part of social security contributions must be defined, since an increase is foreseen only for workers, while we believe that this increase must be shared between workers and employers.
3) The central node for a sustainable reform and an agreement to be reached concerns the intervention of the State, which must continue to be ensured over time and increase in amount, to make up for the annual imbalances between income and expenditure and to ensure decent pensions for years to come.
In this sense, the provisions in pension funds cannot be depleted in a few years, but will ensure the transition in the long term. In some meetings the Secretary of State was not present; the positions of the recording technicians or collaborators have nothing to do with a negotiation from which it is understood which proposals are accepted or not. If we really want to find an agreement on reforms, we need to change methods. Labor market reform – A proposal has arrived from the competent Secretariat that focuses in particular on the reform of the incentives for recruitment. At a first reading, the CSdL notes that it is not appropriate, in a phase of almost full employment for the male gender, thanks in particular to the manufacturing sector, it is intended to keep incentives also poured into companies that have hired anyway. Driving a pensioner, for example, should be part of a very normal dynamic of internal turnover, and not require specific incentives from the state. On the other hand, difficulties remain in the work placement of women, the over 50s and people with disabilities.
For the CSdL it is therefore necessary and urgent to focus in particular on people with greater difficulties, who are never called to work; allocate substantial incentives for these weaker categories to overcome, to overcome the now structural difficulties that prevent their placement. Tax reform – In the introduction, the Secretary the Secretary Marco Gatti said that the state finances are currently positive, with 56 million in liquidity, while other politicians, al, affirm that in a few weeks these funds will end. For the Secretary of Finance, the objective of an intervention on the tax authorities should produce greater revenues of 20-25 million per year, compared to the current revenue. In the Secretary of State’s report, it is said that all categories pay few taxes, and that there is room for maneuver for everyone; he states that it is not acceptable that 50% of companies declare that they are perpetually at a loss, and that most of the self-employed declare less than 20 thousand euros, less than their employees.
This analysis coincides with ours, and it is evident that we need to intervene; at the same time it is said that checks must be carried out, but they must be soft, as San Marino must not become the country of fiscal oppression. The intention is to act on the reduction of tax deductions for natural and legal persons; in San Marino there is a group of manufacturing companies that pay a large part of the taxes borne by the companies, which have tax benefits; in one passage it is said that it makes no sense to dare their substantial incentives when we are at full employment. It is the opposite of what the Secretary of Labor promises to do, as highlighted above. We then hypothesize the reintroduction of the minimum tax, which we have never shared.
This doesn’t have to be the solution; it would mean surrendering to the fact that you don’t do the checks. As regards employees and retirees, a series of revisions of tax deductions and deductions are indicated, but there is no detailed table of changes: among these the increase in expenses to be documented with the Smac is also hypothesized, thus forcing people to spend even more in the Republic, with notoriously higher prices. Given these premises, it is likely that once again we want to charge more fixed incomes, such as employees and pensioners, who cannot properly escape the tax authorities, as well as companies that invoice costs and revenues. Therefore, a good part of the 20/25 million of higher revenues would probably come from these contributions. The hope, of course, is to be proved wrong.
He asks us if there is a commitment to prevent tax avoidance and evasion. It is intended, but in practice we have serious voiceovers. Much of the checks already possible help, with the intersection of data, including the standard of living of the contributions. We do not want an oppressive tax system, but we believe that random checks in companies must be done. We will watch developments and promptly inform workers and retirees who may be called upon to make their voices heard.
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