There are approximately 41.5 million personal income taxpayers who fulfilled the obligation of the tax return for the tax year 2019 in 2020. In absolute value, the number has grown by 153 thousand units (+ 0.4% The total number of taxpayers increased by over 153,000 subjects (+ 0.4%) compared to the previous year. This is stated in a note from the Mef adding that 22 million individuals have used the 730 model with an increase of over 800,000 taxpayers compared to In addition, 9.1 million subjects submitted the “Income Individuals” form, while the data of the remaining 10.4 million taxpayers, not required to submit the return directly, were acquired through the form filled in by withholding agent.
The total total income declared amounts to over 884 billion euros (+4.5 billion compared to the previous year, + 0.5%) for an average value of 21,800 euros, an increase of 0.6% compared to the total average income declared the previous year. The territorial analysis confirms that the Region with the highest overall average income is Lombardy (25,780 euros), followed by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (24,970 euros), while Calabria has the lowest average income (15,600 euros); also in 2019, therefore, the distance between the average income of the central-northern regions and that of the southern regions remains considerable.
There are 12.8 million Italians who do not pay personal income tax: the total net tax declared is € 165.1 billion, (+ 0.5% compared to the previous year). According to the Treasury, net of the effects of the 80 euro bonus, the net income tax is equal to an average of 5,300 euro and is declared by about 31.2 million subjects, equal to about 75% of the total taxpayers. About 10.4 million subjects have a net tax of zero. These are mainly taxpayers with income levels included in the exemption thresholds, or those whose gross tax is zeroed as a result of the deductions recognized by our system. Furthermore, considering the subjects whose net tax is fully offset by the “80 euro” bonus, the subjects who do not actually pay the personal income tax rise to approximately 12.8 million.