Milan, Nov. 1 (LaPresse) – “The government has accepted several of our demands: the IRPEF tax cut for middle-income earners, the confirmation of the 1% tax relief on productivity bonuses under decentralised collective bargaining agreements and the 5% rate on pay rises under national contracts. Also included are renewed funding for the law on worker participation, the strengthened single ZES (Special Economic Zone), tax breaks for companies hiring young people and women in southern Italy, measures supporting families and parental leave, the 15% tax rate on additional pay for night work, public holidays and shifts, and the contribution requested from banks, insurance companies and energy firms. These are the results of dialogue, and we claim them as our achievements”. This was stated by CISL Secretary General Daniela Fumarola in an interview with Repubblica, in which she reviewed the budget bill, acknowledging its positive measures while also identifying the changes needed, starting with pension indexation. “For pensions above 2,447 euros gross per month, the benefit does not recover the full rate of inflation; above 3,059 euros, it recovers just over half. It is still middle-income pensioners who are paying the price, the CISL leader said. The IRPEF tax cut cannot leave them out. All the more so given that it lasts one year, while the sacrifice lasts ten. Scrapping the increase in minimum pensions while prices are rising is also a mistake. The restrictions must be removed and pension indexation guaranteed”. On taxation, the CISL leader stressed the need to overcome disparities between employees, pensioners and self-employed workers: “A temporary tax break for 3.2 million taxpayers and a permanent one for 41,000 VAT-registered self-employed workers are incompatible. An employee or pensioner faces a rate of 43%, while a self-employed person with revenues of 100,000 euros pays 15%. Progressive taxation weighs on wages and pensions. The IRPEF cut must be made permanent and extended to incomes of up to 60,000 euros, also to counter fiscal drag. The expanded flat-rate tax regime must be halted”, she added. Particular attention must be paid to policies for young people. “The 1% rate on pay rises for under-30s follows our Start Tax proposal, but applies only to 2027. Tax breaks must reward employers who offer permanent contracts and training. The flat-rate rental tax favours agreed-rent contracts but does not create housing: we need a funded housing plan, the recovery of vacant public housing, fewer tax incentives for short-term rentals and resources for the rent support fund”.
Budget bill, Fumarola: “Several measures are welcome, but changes are needed on pensions, taxation and education”
Milan, Nov. 1 (LaPresse) – “The government has accepted several of our demands: the IRPEF tax cut for middle-income earners, the confirmation of the 1% tax relief on productivity bonuses under decentralised collective bargaining agreements and the 5% rate on pay rises under national contracts. Also included are renewed funding for the law on worker participation, the strengthened single ZES (Special Economic Zone), tax breaks for companies hiring young people and women in southern Italy, measures supporting families and parental leave, the 15% tax rate on additional pay for night work, public holidays and shifts, and the contribution requested from banks, insurance companies and energy firms. These are the results of dialogue, and we claim them as our achievements”. This was stated by CISL Secretary General Daniela Fumarola in an interview with Repubblica, in which she reviewed the budget bill, acknowledging its positive measures while also identifying the changes needed, starting with pension indexation. “For pensions above 2,447 euros gross per month, the benefit does not recover the full rate of inflation; above 3,059 euros, it recovers just over half. It is still middle-income pensioners who are paying the price, the CISL leader said. The IRPEF tax cut cannot leave them out. All the more so given that it lasts one year, while the sacrifice lasts ten. Scrapping the increase in minimum pensions while prices are rising is also a mistake. The restrictions must be removed and pension indexation guaranteed”. On taxation, the CISL leader stressed the need to overcome disparities between employees, pensioners and self-employed workers: “A temporary tax break for 3.2 million taxpayers and a permanent one for 41,000 VAT-registered self-employed workers are incompatible. An employee or pensioner faces a rate of 43%, while a self-employed person with revenues of 100,000 euros pays 15%. Progressive taxation weighs on wages and pensions. The IRPEF cut must be made permanent and extended to incomes of up to 60,000 euros, also to counter fiscal drag. The expanded flat-rate tax regime must be halted”, she added. Particular attention must be paid to policies for young people. “The 1% rate on pay rises for under-30s follows our Start Tax proposal, but applies only to 2027. Tax breaks must reward employers who offer permanent contracts and training. The flat-rate rental tax favours agreed-rent contracts but does not create housing: we need a funded housing plan, the recovery of vacant public housing, fewer tax incentives for short-term rentals and resources for the rent support fund”.