According to the Mef, the economic dimension of tax evasion affecting Italians would amount to 83.6 billion euros. Resources that, due to the fiscal infidelity of some, are taken from the State and, therefore, from the community, particularly harming the weakest social groups in the country. This is, however, a value equal to half of what citizens and companies would be called upon to “support” as a result of the waste, waste and inefficiencies present in the Public Administration and which would amount to at least 180 billion euros per year. year. There is, therefore, reasonable certainty in believing that in the relationship between the State and the Italian taxpayer, the one most penalized for the “damage” caused by the dishonorable conduct of the other is not the first, but rather the second. This is the thesis, with a whole series of reservations, of the CGIA Research Office.
«Remembering that a rule of law is based, among other things, on the principle of legality, laws must be respected by everyone: both public and private entities. We would like to highlight, however, that the number of European infractions committed by our country demonstrates how our public institutions present one of the highest levels of violation of European law in the EU”, highlights the CGIA, remembering that “among the procedures still in open in relation to Italy there are, by way of example, those that refer to the disrespect of civil rights, the violation of the rules on the concentration of fine particles present in the air, the presence of arsenic in drinking water, the continued delays in deadlines payment of our AP to supplier companies and the levels of pollution present in the industrial area of the old Ilva in Taranto”.
«It is also clear to everyone that if we recovered a large part of the resources hidden from the tax authorities, our public machine would have more resources, it would function better and, perhaps, the tax burden could be reduced. But it is equally plausible to assume that if it were possible to significantly reduce the inefficiencies present in public spending, the country – argues the CGIA – would benefit and, most likely, tax evasion and fiscal pressure would be more contained. It is no coincidence that many claim that fiscal loyalty is inversely proportional to the level of taxes to which their taxpayers are subject.” However, CGIA would like to highlight that it would be wrong to generalize and not also recognize the levels of excellence that characterize many sectors of our AP, such as, for example, health in the central-north regions, the level of education and professionalism present in many universities/investigative bodies and the quality of the work carried out by the police.
Source: IL Tempo
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