This paper deals with some critical elements of the Italian tax system, with particular attention paid to the structure of the personal income tax. In the recent years, this tax has been increasingly understood as a tool to reduce the inequality of the income distribution, rather than serving the scope of sharing the cost of public spending. This effect has been mostly due, over time, to the increased emphasis put on the ability to pay principle without considering the necessary link between taxation and public spending. As a matter of fact, the burden of the personal income tax appears now unbalanced when compared to other taxes, especially with respect to Vat. To this purpose, the paper suggests to reduce the incidence of the income tax and to slightly increase the incidence of Vat. Finally, a deep revision of the decentralized tax system is also necessary, to some extent even before any attempt to revise the central tax system.
Questo lavoro affronta alcuni elementi critici dell’attuale sistema tributario italiano, con particolare attenzione rivolta al funzionamento dell’imposta personale sul reddito. Si sostiene che l’aver trascurato lo stretto legame che deve prevalere tra capacità contributiva e spesa pubblica ha contribuito, nel tempo, a rafforzare il ruolo dell’imposta come strumento di riduzione delle disuguaglianze, piuttosto che come strumento per raggiungere un’adeguata ripartizione degli oneri della spesa pubblica. In questa prospettiva, il peso dell’Irpef sul prodotto interno lordo appare elevato soprattutto se posto in relazione all’Iva. Al riguardo, si forniscono alcune direzioni di revisione dei due tributi, volte a favorire una ricomposizione del prelievo. Si suggerisce, infine, una profonda revisione del sistema di finanza territoriale, che si caratterizza come propedeutica a qualsiasi tentativo di revisione del sistema tributario centrale.
Liberati, P. (2020). Note per una revisione del sistema tributario: Irpef, Iva e tributi locali. ARGOMENTI, 17, 13-47.
Note per una revisione del sistema tributario: Irpef, Iva e tributi locali
Paolo Liberati
2020-01-01
Abstract
This paper deals with some critical elements of the Italian tax system, with particular attention paid to the structure of the personal income tax. In the recent years, this tax has been increasingly understood as a tool to reduce the inequality of the income distribution, rather than serving the scope of sharing the cost of public spending. This effect has been mostly due, over time, to the increased emphasis put on the ability to pay principle without considering the necessary link between taxation and public spending. As a matter of fact, the burden of the personal income tax appears now unbalanced when compared to other taxes, especially with respect to Vat. To this purpose, the paper suggests to reduce the incidence of the income tax and to slightly increase the incidence of Vat. Finally, a deep revision of the decentralized tax system is also necessary, to some extent even before any attempt to revise the central tax system.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.