Deputy Premier and Interior
Minister Matteo Salvini dismissed reports that the government's
pledge to introduce a two-tier 'flat tax' on income could cost
up to 60 billion euros.
"Preposterous figures have been given (about the flat tax),
50-60 billion euros," League leader Salvini told RTL radio on
Monday.
"It's not the lottery - 12 to 15 billion are enough for the
first phase in order to bring taxes down for lots of people".
At the weekend there were reports that the economy ministry
had done a simulation that estimated that introducing a 'flat
tax' of 15% on earings of employees of up to 80,000 euros a year
and 20% for incomes above this threshold would cost 59.3 billion
euros.
The introduction of a two-tier 'flat tax' was a key League
pledge before last year's general election.
The 2019 budget law featured a 15% rate for self-employed
people on up to 65,000 euros a year.
Fellow Deputy Premier and Labour and Industry Minister Luigi
Di Maio said on Sunday that he was open to the hypothesis of
having a flat tax of this type of the earnings of whole
households, rather than individuals - an idea the government is
reportedly considering.
But 5-Star Movement (M5S) leader Di Maio also warned against
making "easy promises like those of (Silvio) Berlusconi".
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