VENICE (ITALPRESS) – In view of the tax expiry of next 30 June, Italian entrepreneurs will have to pay to the herb 22,9 billion euros. It is one of the most challenging tasks of the year. Between the payment of Ires dell’Irap e dell’Irpef, our production system must almost find a point of GDP. Finding these resources will not be easy. At a time when many companies have to deal with an increasingly limited liquidity, it cannot be ruled out that many taxpayers choose to postpone the payment to the next 30 July. A possibility allowed by the legislation, but that involves – except for many micro enterprises – an increase of 0.4% on the amount due. This is the CGIA Study Office.
June confirms, once again, one of the heaviest months of the year on the tax front. A few days after the deadline scheduled for next Tuesday, in fact, many entrepreneurs are struggling with the difficult search for the resources necessary to cope with the tax requirements. For this reason, a measure has entered into force on 22 May which allows the economic activities subject to ISA (Synthetic Indexes of Tax Reliability), with a turnover not exceeding 5,1 million euros, to make the payments resulting from the income statements by 20 July without any increase. Alternatively, the payment may be made by 19 August applying an increase of 0.8%
It is a measure of great importance for millions of very small businesses and self-employed persons concerned by the former industry studies, which nevertheless does not extend its effects to all other business categories. Thus, by 30 June, the State coffers should total EUR 22.9 billion. The most important share will come from Ires, the income tax of capital companies, which should guarantee a revenue of 15.8 billion. This will add 5.1 billion from Irap, 1.8 billion from Irpef and 209 million from regional and municipal Irpefs. These estimates were drawn up by the CGIA Study Office.
At the European level, the most well-established taxpayers are the French: in 2025 the tax burden stood at 46.1% of GDP. Denmark followed 45.5, Belgium at 44.2, Austria at 44.1 and Italy at 43.1. If only transalpine cousins suffer a higher tax burden than our major competitors, others, on the other hand, record a much lower level. If in Germany the tax burden on GDP is 41.8 percent (1.3 points less than in Italy), in Spain even 38.1 (5 points less than by us). Ireland, on the other hand, is the country with the lowest tax burden and equal to 21.4%. The average rate in UE27 is 40.7%, 2.4 points less than our national average. .
In 2025 the Revenue Agency and the Revenue Agency – Rediscovery on behalf of other entities recovered from the fight against tax evasion 36.2 billion euros; a figure that constitutes an absolute record. In recent years, the jet has grown steadily: between 2022 and 2025 the recovery has increased by almost 44 percent thanks, in particular, to the application of fiscal compliance, split payment, electronic billing and the telematic sending of the considerations.
These measures have led to a number of taxpayers – including serial evaders, who received payments from the State for a service or a work performance rendered and then did not honor the payment of the VAT and, finally, the professionals of the so-called “crown friars” – were induced to repent. Of course, the work to be done remains a lot, but the measures put in place in recent years are getting a great success. According to the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), tax evasion in Italy amounted to 107 billion euros. Basically, the rate of evasion (i.e., the euro taken from the tax each 100 cashed) is 12.1. Analyzing the propensity to escape, territorial differences are very evident. The most “unfaithful” region at the fisco is Calabria which has an evasion of 20.4 percent. Follow Puglia with 18,5, Sicily with 18 and Campania with 17.9.
On the other hand, the region with the highest tax rate in Italy is the Autonomous Province of Bolzano, which has a figure of 7.9 percent. If we measure the evasion in terms of impact (i.e. in absolute value), the region that subtracts the greatest resources to the herb is Lombardy: the failure amounted to 17,7 billion. They follow Lazio with 12 and Campania with 9,8. In order to combat tax evasion more effectively, it is not necessary to indiscriminately increase the number of controls, but to use in a more intelligent and targeted way the enormous information assets already available to the financial administration.
The intersection of data banks, the analysis of financial flows and the use of advanced digital tools make it possible to identify with greater precision the situations that present high risk profiles, optimizing the verification activity and reducing the compliance for correct taxpayers. According to the evaluations of the Revenue Agency, the phenomena on which it is necessary to concentrate more contrast action are different. Among those most at risk are VAT fraud, which continue to subtract substantial resources to public funds, the undue use of non-existent or non-performing tax credits and the irregular perception of contributions, incentives and public economic aid.
Particular attention must also be paid to cases of fictitious tax residence abroad, adopted for the sole purpose of subtracting from the Italian tax obligations, as well as to the accumulation of assets and financial activities beyond the end. These are behaviours that alter competition, penalize honest businesses and citizens and reduce the resources available to finance public services. For this reason, according to the Study Office of the CGIA, the strategic use of data today represents one of the most important levers in the fight against tax evasion.
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