Renzi reiterates tax-cutting pledges

(ANSA) - Rome, September 7 - Premier Matteo Renzi on Monday reiterated his plans to cut four taxes starting next year and ending in 2018.
    Speaking on TV talk show Porta a Porta, Renzi reaffirmed that the municipal service tax TASI and the IMU property tax will be abolished next year .
    Renzi, who has already slashed the regional tax on business IRAP, said his tax-cutting programme would continue in 2017 when the IRES business tax will be cut to 24%, "below Spain".
    Then, in 2018, "we can intervene on IRPEF (personal income tax)," he said.
    Renzi has said that taxation in Italy is "over the top".
    He says taxes had to be cut to restore "social equity".
    The premier said this was not electioneering.
    It was not a question of "gaining consensus", he said.