ROMA – Here’s what the decree of 4.4 billion approved by government to mitigate the consequences of the war in Ukraine without resorting to the budget varianceie without new deficit, but by taxing a portion of the profits of the energy producers and distributing them to families and businesses. They range from a cut for a month of 25 euro cents per liter for petrol and diesel to bills in installments of up to two years for companies that also benefit from new tax credits.
Tax on super profits against expensive bills and discounts on petrol: 4.4 billion decree
by Tommaso Ciriaco, Serenella Mattera
There are then props for road transport, agriculture, fishing, tourism and 150 million for the decarbonisation ofIlva. More Redundancy fund. And the social bonus is extended to another 1.2 million families, so that “5.2 million will pay their bills like last summer”, explains Prime Minister Draghi. It is then improved and strengthened the Golden Power, the power of the government to defend strategic companies from hostile takeovers. As well as the action of the Guarantor to monitor speculations on prices. Here is what the decree provides in more detail.
Fuels: 0.25 cents less until April
A 25 cent cut on the excise of petrol and diesel until the end of April. The discount was partially covered (8.5 cents) with the extraVAT on fuels of 308 million collected by the state in the last quarter of 2021: this is the famous rule of the mobile excise duty set in a law of 2007. For the remainder, the discount at the pump is financed by an “extraordinary levy on extraordinary profits” of energy producers, says Draghi. As the Minister of Economy then explains Daniele Franco it is a tax of 10% on the margin “between active transactions for VAT purposes and passive transactions for VAT purposes in the last half of 2021 on the previous year”.
Discounted electricity and gas: the ISEE rises to 12 thousand euros
One million and two hundred thousand families in addition they enter the protected area of bonus social and therefore will benefit from a discount on bills of light and gas. “They will pay like last summer,” says Draghi. Today 4 million families who have an ISEE up to € 8,265 are included in the bonus. This ceiling is raised to 12,000 euros until the end of the year, thus allowing a total of 5.2 million families to pay less. So far the government has allocated 15.5 billion to calm the bills: 10 for families and 5.5 for businesses. Then in favor of employees who receive petrol vouchers from their employers, as a form of welfare integrative, the threshold tax free of these vouchers is raised to 200 euros.
Bills in installments up to 24 months
Businesses will be able to pay their bills for May and June up to 24 monthly installments. There Sace, a Mef company, will guarantee the liquidity of the suppliers who pay in installments with 9 billion. Acknowledged a tax credit on second quarter electricity and gas bills to non-businesses energy-consuming (12%) nor gasivore (20%), provided that the increase over 2019 is at least 30%. All tax credits, even those already in force since 1 March for energy-intensive companies that are raised by 5%, are transferable up to three times to banks. Sace will then guarantee up to 90% of the amount of loans granted by banks to energy-intensive companies of strategic interest until 31 December.
Special protection for the Cloud of the PA
The government puts the Cloud under special protection Public administration. It is the boundless web space where all the data of ministries, local authorities, Asl, hospitals will converge. The Presidency of the Council will monitor the creation of this public cloud thanks to a series of special powers (golden power) that were strengthened yesterday. The technology suppliers will now pass under the severe scrutiny of Palazzo Chigi. Where an Evaluation and Strategic Analysis Unit is created to best apply the special powers, with 10 experts in the field. Enhanced protection also for 5G communication networks, which have already been considered strategic for defense and national security since 2019.
Mister Prices, powers strengthened: fines for those who speculate
The powers of the Guarantor against price speculation have been strengthened. Companies will have 10 days to justify the increases before being sanctioned from 500 to 5 thousand euros. Greater inspection powers also for the Arera, theAuthority dell’energia
which will have to receive all gas supply contracts within 15 days of signing, to monitor prices and conditions so as to hit extra profits. In the decree, the Giorgetti regulation for the control of non-EU exports of deficient strategic raw materials is at stake: the compatibility of the measure with EU standards is being verified. It could remain the obligation to inform the government of the export, to skip the possibility of blocking it.
Road transport: VAT and excise duties on fuels drop
Reduced excise e VAT for 560 million on fuel for road transport. A support fund for the sector has been set up and a contract adjustment clause has been introduced if diesel oil rises by more than 2% compared to the Mite surveys. Other interventions for 60 million: reduced
tolls, strengthened Marebonus e Ferrobonus, payment of contributions to the Authority suspended. Agriculture and fishing are granted a tax credit equal to 20% of the charges on diesel and petrol incurred in the first quarter, which can be transferred up to 3 times. Possible to renegotiate or restructure agricultural loans for a period of 25 years. To the structures of the tourism – including spas, fairs, parks – granted a tax credit equal to 50% of the second IMU installment of 2021.
Work: more ordinary Cig for those in difficulty
More weeks of Ordinary layoffs for those companies that in 2022 find themselves “facing situations of particular economic difficulty” and that have run out of the so-called “meter”. That is, they have already used the 24 weeks of Ordinary Cig in 5 years, the legal limit. The government allocates 150 million. The three-year contribution discount foreseen in 2020 for the under 36 is also extended to companies that hire dismissed workers from companies in crisis in the last six months or employed in company branches then sold. The same discount applied by the 2022 budget law to companies hiring staff from Mise crisis tables