The data processed by the IRES relate to the pre-pandemic. The average taxable amount was € 21,807 each
UDINE. In Friuli Venezia Giulia the poorest incomes in Northern Italy. This is what can be seen from the personal income tax returns presented in 2020, which refer to taxable income for 2019, the last year before the pandemic. This was announced by a reworking of Ires Fvg edited by researcher Alessandro Russo on data from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. It is not the first time that our region occupies this uncomfortable position, even if in comparison with the whole country, we remain above the average, of about one thousand euros gross. Moruzzo, as per consolidated tradition, is confirmed as the wealthiest municipality with its taxable amount of 29,739 euros, while Drenchia, in the Natisone Valleys, closes the ranking of 215 municipalities with just 12,891 euros. Among the provinces Trieste stands out (tenth overall in Italy), followed at a distance by Pordenone, Udine and Gorizia.
The income classification
Friuli Venezia Giulia therefore confirms itself in ninth place at the national level, last among the northern regions immediately after Liguria, with an average total income of 22,730 euros (against 22,561 the previous year). Lombardy is the “richest” region with an average of 25,776 euros, while Calabria is at the bottom of the list with 15,595 euros. The average taxable income (which therefore does not include deductible charges) is instead equal to 21,807 euros (against a national average of 20,991 euros). At the provincial level, Trieste has the highest value, i.e. an average taxable income of 23,403 euros, while Gorizia records the lowest (20,892 euros).
Municipalities, Moruzzo wins
The analysis on the Municipalities, based on the average taxable income (the only one available at this territorial level), sees two Lombard municipalities in the first places in Italy: Basiglio (first with 48,507 euros for over 5,600 taxpayers) and Cusago (third with 39,674 euros ); in the second position is Lajatico in the province of Pisa (48,485 euros). The first among the provincial capitals is Milan which, with an average of 34,189 euros for over a million taxpayers, ranks eleventh. In Friuli Venezia Giulia, the municipality of Moruzzo is still in first place and climbs the Italian ranking: 33rd nationally, while the previous year it was 56th, with an average of 29,739 euros, followed by Pagnacco (25,983), the only center always on the hills on the outskirts of Udine, which a few years ago managed to oust Moruzzo from the highest podium, Dolegna del Collio (25,644), a town that includes important wine brands, and Duino-Aurisina (24,996); in fifth place is Udine (last year it was third) with 24,948 euros. The last positions are mainly occupied by the Municipalities of the Natisone Valleys (in particular Drenchia, Grimacco, Stregna, and Savogna among the last ten), where the share of retirement income is particularly high and the average values are less than 16,000 euros. Among the less well-off there are also San Martino al Tagliamento, Lusevera, San Giorgio della Richinvelda, San Floriano del Collio, Forni di Sotto and Taipana.
The income classes
The largest number of taxpayers, as many as 312 thousand, declares between 15 and 26 thousand euros, follows the 26-55 thousand euros range which includes 237 thousand people. There are over 14 thousand people with no property, while those who declare more than 120 thousand euros are a small minority of 6,322 lucky people, 0.7% of the total. The total taxpayers are 937,104.