Merlini (Csdl): “In San Marino there was a level of surpassing the surrounding area”
“In the report of the Secretary of State for Finance, Marco Gatti, on the revision lines of the tax reform, it is proposed to increase the quota of Smac deductions, despite the absence of controls and actions to calm down prices”.
He declares it Enzo Merlini, general secretary of the San Marino Confederation of Laborunderlines in a note that the Smac deductions “They turned out a factor that produces the increase in inflation dynamics: in this situation, we are against this proposal “.
In a recent television broadcast, during which the guidelines relating to the revision of the legislation on direct taxation were discussed, Merlini noted that “since 2014, when the Smac deductions were produced, the reduction of the tax burden to for expenses incurred and documented in the area, in San Marino there is a level of surpassing compared to the surrounding area“.
The Secretaries of State for Finance and Health “stated that, on the contrary, according to the International Monetary Fund, the reality would be lower in San Marino than in Italyso much so that I recommend using the internal data, instead of the Italian one, for the purpose of evaluating pensions, thus obtaining a significant savings in social security benefits “.
“I do not know what elements the IMF has to consider the findings provided by the San Marino Statistics Office to be unreliable and, if so, it would be appropriate for them to be clarified, also given that in the past even the representatives of the traders had supported the same thing – asserts the general secretary of the CSDL -. It is not a trivial matter that an international body delegitimizes the work of a State Strategic Office in this way, without triggering any reaction. The trade unions have always been told that the basket and methods are used regularly and approved for the variations adopted by Istat, so I see no reason to doubt. Until proven otherwise, the official ones should therefore be taken as reference, which are the following: 2012 and 2013: San Marino 4.4%; Rimini 4.7%; Italy 4.2%; 2014-2021: San Marino 7.9%; Rimini 3.9%; Italy 4.9%“.
And again: “So, even if the data is contained overall, it is still double compared to the surrounding area. It should be noted that the Rimini and Italian national data indicated are those relating to the Nic index, while those of San Marino are relative to that for the families of blue-collar and white-collar workers. In San Marino only the latter is distributed, while in Rimini only the former but, looking at the Italian national reality, which instead publishes both, in addition to the Ipca index, or the European one, the difference between the two is a few decimal places. Inside the panere, the voice stands out ‘food products and non-alcoholic drinks’: 2012 and 2013 price growth: San Marino 9.3%; Rimini 5.4%; Italy 4.9%. Price growth 2014-2021: San Marino 26.1%; Rimini 4.4%; Italy 7.3%. Basically, the prices of the products for which each family concentrates a significant part of their non-deferrable expenses, in 8 years have grown 6 times more in San Marino than in Rimini “.
The secretary of state for finance, Marco Gaintiamento “then contested the ‘confrontation between this’ possible Smac detentions, of which citizens are forced to spend part of their income in the area to pay less taxes”. According to Merlini, however, “It’s not just a coincidence”.