The economy ministry said Wednesday
that some 45% of Italian taxpayers declared earnings of up to
15,000 euros in 2017 for the 2016 tax year.
Their payments made up just 4.2% of the total income tax
collected, it said.
The ministry said that over 10 million Italians paid no
income tax for the 2016 tax year because their declared annual
earnings did not reach the minimum threshold.
It added that the figure went up to 12.3 million if people
whose income tax payments are totally compensated by an
80-euro-a-month-tax-bonus were included.
The ministry said 35,000 people, 0.1% of taxpayers, earned
over 300,000 euros in 2016.
It added that around 50% of taxpayers were in the
15,000-50,000 euro income band and their taxes made up 57% of
the total.
It said 5.3% were on over 50,000 euros for 39% of the total
income tax paid.
The ministry said the average annual income declared in 2017
was 20,940 euros, up 1.2% on the previous year.
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