Important news in sight for many taxpayers, who could soon return to having to deal with the profitable nightmare. So let’s go into the details and see what there is to know about it.
L’tax evasion undoubtedly represents one of the major problems of our country. Precisely for this reason government intervention is necessary through ad hoc measures, in order to counter this phenomenon. Precisely in this context, for example, the executive has decided to launch, over the last few months, various initiatives, such as the bonus cashback and the receipt lottery. Both programs, in fact, are aimed at encouraging the use of electronic payment instruments, discouraging, on the other hand, the use of cash.
Undoubtedly important measures, but not sufficient to solve the problem. Hence the desire to reintroduce the income meter. The latter, we recall, is a tool that is used for ascertain the level of income of people and check for any suspicious movements. To this end, the Ministry of Economy and Finance is evaluating how to formulate the new criteria for implementing population controls. So let’s go into the details and see what there is to know about it.
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The Finance Department of the Ministry of Economy has published on its own site a consultation with the categories on the decree scheme with the elements through which to reconstruct the contributory capacity of taxpayers starting from 2016. The assessment of this tool, which also makes use of the Istat averages for food clothing, would be triggered in the presence of a deviation of 20%.
From 2021, in fact, the profit meter should return, bringing with it important changes compared to the past. The Ministry of Economy and Finance, in fact, is evaluating how to formulate the new criteria for implementing fiscal controls. We will therefore have to wait at least until the next one July 15, when the consultation period ends, to know the final version.
Meanwhile, also the associations representing consumers will be able to provide suggestions on the matter, with the ministry also availing itself of the help ofState. As already mentioned, in fact, the controls will almost certainly become mandatory in the event that a deviation of 20% is recorded.
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In order to measure a person’s ability to pay, therefore, various expenses will be considered, such as: consumption, investments, savings and expenses for transfers. Expenses incurred by the spouse and dependent family members are also taken into consideration. On the other hand, investments sustained exclusively for one’s own business activity are not considered.
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