to me Italian tax authorities There is no shortage of information on taxpayers. Every day billions of personal data are indexed in 162 databases which, however, are used only sparingly to combat tax evasion. We have to get them to interact.as leaders of the Federation of Craftsmen and Small Businesses say (Cgia). It is true that, in the short term, these databases must begin to communicate with each other, or be interoperable, “However – Spotlight on artisans – If every year tax evaders subtract €105 billion from the tax authorities and our 007s manage to get it back, in the pre-Covid period, between 18 and 20, then we probably know life, death and miracles in what is known in Fisco, while we grope in darkness toward those who are not, prospering tax evasion, and punishing those who pay taxes to the last cent.”

Failed tools used to combat tax evasion

if it wasTax evasion One of the main problems in Italy, it is clear to the CGIA that these tools must constitute the basic toolbox for implementing fairer and more equitable practices. So far, the tools tax authorities use to track down tax evaders have proven to be of little use. The Cashback And the receipt lottery, for example, had to deal a fatal blow to tax evasion or, at least, significantly reduce tax evasion due to the deletion of invoices which, in relation to the total, have an important effect. Both procedures, unfortunately, were unsuccessful, they did not work. Or rather, they did not bring the desired results.

What did cashback and lottery receipt produce

The news was given by the CGIA Research Office. For example, cashback has been placed in the attic by the Draghi government which has suspended its implementation from June 2021. The decision arose from the fact that no clear causal relationship emerged between the incentives offered through cashback and reduced tax evasion. Moreover, the cost of this measure, equal to 4.75 billion euros, appears to be much higher than the possibility of recovering from evasion. there lottery receiptwhich came into effect on February 1 last year, does not appear to have generated much interest among taxpayers/consumers.

According to the data of the Customs and Monopolies Agency, if in March 2021 the monthly receipts associated with the lottery reached the maximum of 25 thousand units, then a continuous contraction occurred; Last fall, the monthly figure dropped to just over 5,000. It should be noted that only from food and soft drinks, households made monthly purchases of 12 billion euros in 2020.