European Commissioner for
the EU Valdis Dombrovskis said Thursday the EC will have to
"discuss" the Italian government's plan to cut property taxes
IMU and TASI as part of the 2016 budget because it does not go
in the usually recommended direction.
"Normally the Commission advises States to shift the weight
of taxation from labour to consumption, property and capital,"
he said.
"The action undertaken by the Italian government does not
go in this direction, and so we will have to discuss with them
the reasons and the potential implications," said Dombrovksis,
who is also an EC vice president.
The 2016 budget, to be launched by cabinet Thursday, must
be put to the EC before it is approved by the Italian parliament
by year's end.
Premier Matteo Renzi has repeatedly said Italian fiscal
policy is set in Rome and not Brussels.
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