The final text of the 2024 budget includes a rule intended to stir controversy. These are the provisions of Article 49 of the provisions amending the legislative rules regarding the registration of foreign nationals in the National Health Service and the sanctions regarding the registration obligation.
According to the new regulations, foreign citizens who are not members of the EU and want to register in the national health system will have to pay 2 thousand euros annually. In fact, this is an increase compared to the contributions currently required, which vary according to income and rise from an average of €1,200 to a flat rate of €2,000. Students can benefit from a reduced contribution of at least 700 euros per year, while foreigners placed as au-pairs will pay at least 1,200 euros per year. The amounts of contributions will be adjusted by decree every year according to inflation.
With another provision, Article 11 of Law No. 6664 is amended and updated. Law No. 1228 of 1954 increases penalties for those who violate registration obligations by amounts ranging from 100 to 1,000 euros. The new article also aims to combat those who register illegally in Italy. Public administrations must transmit information regarding an Italian citizen’s actual residence abroad to the municipality of residence. Municipalities must notify the Revenue Administration of the registration and registration cancellations of Italian citizens abroad for tax control. The rule therefore has potential undetermined beneficial effects on state public finances (cancellation of ineligibles from the NHS) and local public finances (loss of the IMU’s first home exemption and payment of large fines to the municipal budget).
There are other details that are certainly overshadowed in the new budget law, but are no less important. Here they are listed in the special section of Today.it for the 2024 maneuver.
Source: Today IT
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