The government says no to an extension for the composition with creditors, accountants ready to strike

With the four days of hearings in the Budget Commission, which begin on Monday 4 November and will end on Thursday 7 with the speech of the Minister of Economy Giancarlo Giorgetti, the process of the budget law in the Chamber comes to life. In the meantime, the government closes the door to the possibility of extending the deadline of the two-year composition with creditors, scheduled today on the last day to present the tax return, as instead advocated by the accountants who say they are ready to strike.

The amount of resources collected through the arrangement should be known in the second half of November, the proceeds could be used by the government to widen the tax wedge cut to part of the middle class. “The accountants’ strike has never been seen before, we needed the financial maneuver of Meloni and Giorgetti. The choice of this category arises from a lack of listening which is the Government’s method”, comments Marco Grimaldi, deputy group leader of the Avs in the Chamber.

Even during these holidays, it is reported, the majority will work to try to refine some articles of the text: revisions are expected both in terms of taxation of cryptocurrency profits – with the introduction of greater progressivity compared to the current leap from 26 to 42 % – and of the rule that provides for the presence of MEF officials in the control bodies of companies or entities that receive public funds.

The majority, from what is filtered, is pushing to make changes to the measure, the attempt is to get the green light before Christmas but it is not certain that the objective will be achieved. Above all, Forza Italia and Lega fear that there is not enough space, even if some fixed points, such as the issue of bitcoin taxation, the web tax and greater support for the middle class, seem to be within reach. But the belief among government forces is that there is no money available, hence the prevailing uncertainty and a certain irritation towards the Mef ‘technicians’.

“There is this colossal nonsense wanted by some bureaucrat of the Mef to perhaps make the managers of that ministry collect something more, for which it is decided that for the auditors of the companies that have financing from the State there must be a representative of the Mef. Something that is neither in heaven nor on earth, from the Stasi, from East Germany”, remarks the deputy prime minister and leader of Forza Italia Antonio Tajani.

On November 6, the League should take stock with Minister Giorgetti. The government, in addition to the meeting with the social partners scheduled for 5 November at Palazzo Chigi, could also meet the representatives of the majority. In the meantime, the head of the MEF claims: “The budget law sent to Parliament last week fully achieves the objectives of the Plan for the next three years”. For Giorgetti, a “stable political context and a prudent fiscal policy are bearing fruit, favoring Italy’s growth prospects”. Among the issues that remain to be resolved is also that of the automotive fund, with the sector associations continuing to highlight the 4.6 billion cut in dedicated funds for the next few years.