Payments of corporate tax Ires
and VAT in Italy were up by 2.3% and 3.1% respectively in the
first eight months of this year "confirming an economic trend
picture improving compared to last year," the Treasury ministry
said Monday.
The increase in VAT payments was worth as much as 2.16
billion euros due in part to split payment that was up by 3.8%
or 2.36 billion euros though payments on imports from outside
the European Union still declined, officials said.
Tax collected as a result of checks and inspections was
substantially stable over the first eight months of 2015, just
0.3% less than the same period last year or some 17 million
euros "while receipts from gaming increased by 1.2% (90 million
euros).
Revenue from payments of Irpef personal income tax were up
by 4.3% in the first eight months, an increase of 4,103 million
euros mainly due to payments from employees that amounted to an
increase of 3,456 million euros.
Part of the higher income tax takings by the state was due
to a new payment system of gross tax before tax relief payments
such as the 80 euro bonus which for public sector employees
takes effect a year after it is attributed.
A statistically homogenous comparison of income tax
receipts showed an increase of 2.8% in Irpef payments, or 3,003
million euros, compared to the first eight months of 2014, the
Treasury said.
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