The approval process for the Meloni government’s financial maneuver for 2025 continues, which must be completed by December 31, 2024, as required by law. Parties, especially those in the majority, are in charge and many changes are on the table. Parliamentary Budget Committee. Bonuses are the protagonists, but not the only ones. Between the league, Forza Italia and Fratelli d’Italia, there must be more than a hundred offers for a total of 600 changes that are “sweethearts” for the parties; The suggestions put forward by the opposition should also be added to these. At the center of the discussions was the fate of various aid and contributions to families, workers, retirees and citizens in general.
500 Euros from Fratelli d’Italia for children under 14: requirements
It is not certain that these suggestions will become law, but on the other hand, the parties are trying. Among Fratelli d’Italia’s flagships is the change, which introduces a bonus of 500 euros per year for every child under 14, allocated to extra-curricular activities such as sports and languages, thanks to a special “Dowry Fund Family”. The budget for 2025 will be 30 million euros.
The offers also include a basic gross salary of at least 22,700 per year plus a variable share for the entire statutory duration of the course for specialists in health fields such as veterinary medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biology, chemistry, physics and psychology (thus at least 1,891 euros gross per month; this includes % Up to 15 more variable quotas can be added; approximately 280 euros, taking into account the minimum basic ceiling paid).
There is also the issue of severance pay: the possibility of granting workers a new period to shift severance pay from the company to the additional pension provision, with the rule of silent consent; Added to this is the change that the League will give to employers from next year: there is also the possibility of using company bonuses to facilitate exit.
What happened to the private school bonus?
Among those reported by the majority, there is no trace of the bonus of up to 1,500 euros given to families with an ISEE income of less than 40 thousand euros for enrolling their children in private schools. However, the same bonus, increased up to 2 thousand euros, is also included in the reports of Noi Moderati signed by Cesa.
Forza Italia insists: no sugar tax and increase in minimum pensions
Forza Italia continues with last year’s budget bill: Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani’s party insists on the postponement of the sugar tax again, the reduction of the second Irpef rate, the internet tax and the increase of minimum pensions.
Forza Italia actually signaled the postponement of the entry into force of the sugar tax to 1 January 2026 instead of 1 July 2025, and proposed a reduction of the second Irpef rate from 35% to 33% for incomes up to 60 thousand euros (instead) up to 50 thousand, as envisaged in the budget draft ).
Proposal on internet tax, exclusion of radio and online newspapers, elimination of the rule that MEF auditors are included in the boards of directors of companies and organizations receiving public money. It is then proposed to re-evaluate the pensions, with the minimum ones revalued by 2 percent. For 2025, 0.2 to 2.7 percentage points are guaranteed, thus an amount of around 623 euros per month.
The “desires” of the Union: Flat Tax, cryptocurrencies and the Bosphorus Bridge
The league is pushing to bring back the rate on cryptocurrencies from 42% to 28% and create a permanent table between associations and consumers, increasing the income threshold from 30 thousand euros to 50 thousand euros so that self-employed people can access the fixed rate provided. for flat tax.
The billions of euros added to the ‘infrastructure and transportation’ item are noteworthy. Among the changes, the regulation that actually increases the funding of the Bosphorus Bridge by approximately 14.7 billion by 2032, 7 billion of which is taken from the resources of the Development and Cohesion Fund, stands out. Fund allocated to local public transport (TPL) and 121.5 million more money for public works; Spending 35.37 million for 2025, 35.27 million for 2026, 106 million for 2027, 79 million for 2028 and 265 million for 2028. The years from 2029 to 2036.
There is also a €25 million fund in 2026 to strengthen public transport service in areas ‘touched’ by the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Games and the possibility of the Milan-Cortina Foundation being exempted from IRAP for a two-year period. Injecting another $15 million into the fund for the implementation of interventions aimed at the accessibility of tourist offers for people with disabilities, precisely on the occasion of the winter sports event.
Finally, two bonuses for the house: the “appliance bonus”, which provides a 30% contribution towards the purchase of a “highly energy efficient” household appliance produced in the EU, and the proposal to increase building premiums in buildings to 65 percent. Expenditures on interventions for the improvement of the building heritage and the energy requalification of buildings carried out in 2025, the rate for 2026 and 2027 remained at 30%.
Source: Today IT
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