Many could say goodbye to car tax, but only for one year. The news comes from the Council of Ministers with indications also coming from the Undersecretary of Economy Sandra Savino, intercepted by Adnkronos in the Senate. ”Yes, we are working on car tax. The objective is to remove it,” he replied on the possibility of proceeding with its cancellation. The news comes via a law decree, according to what transpires from the executive, as a temporary measure against the high cost of fuel.
Who will no longer pay car and motorbike tax and from when
According to what we learn from sources at Palazzo Chigi, today’s Council of Ministers will give the go-ahead to abolish the car tax for small and medium-powered cars, those mostly used by families for daily travel. The exemption – it is explained – also applies to motorcycles, but each citizen will be entitled to only one concession.
The measure concerns all motorcycles and over 70% of cars currently in circulation, approximately 14.5 million vehicles overall. The intervention, the same sources explain, “aims to lighten the tax burden on car or motorbike ownership for a very large audience of Italians”. The intervention would, in fact, cover small and medium-powered cars, those mostly used by families for daily travel.
Therefore, pending the definitive text approved by the Council of Ministers, the abolition would take effect from 1 January to 31 December 2027 for the categories indicated, i.e. cars “powered, even in combination with another source of propulsion, by petrol or diesel, with a power not exceeding 80 kW” and for only one car per citizen. The same also applies to motorcycles and mopeds, petrol or diesel, “with power equal to or less than 80 kW”.
Meloni: “Let’s cancel one of the most hated taxes by Italians”
”Today the Government cancels one of the most hated taxes by Italians”, comments Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, before the Council of Ministers which will give the green light to the abolition of tax for cars and motorbikes. ”It is one of those taxes that citizens feel directly in their daily lives and I believe that the next budget law must also give very concrete signals on the reduction of the tax burden,” says MEF undersecretary Savino.
The Meloni Government approves the abolition of tax for cars and motorcycles: a measure that concerns approximately 14.5 million vehicles and over 70% of the cars in circulation.
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“Obviously – he specifies – without penalizing the entities that currently benefit from this revenue”. For Forza Italia, he underlines, “intervening on car tax is one of the priorities of the next budget law. After all, it is a battle that is fully within our political history. Berlusconi taught us that lower taxes means leaving more freedom and more resources to families. We must have the same ambition today too”. “We are studying the details – he concludes – and working so that this objective can be translated into a concrete measure in the next maneuver”.
How much is car and motorbike tax worth: coverage
The measure will lead to a reduction in revenue of 2.29 billion. The measure, we read in the draft law decree expected in the Council of Ministers, provides that for the next year natural persons who meet the requirements “are exempt from paying the car tax relating to a single regularly insured vehicle”. The exemption applies “to car tax payments whose ordinary payment deadline falls in the period between 1 January and 31 December 2027”.
In relation to the financial effects resulting from the non-payment of car and motorbike tax, in order to contribute to the adjustment of the budgets of the regions and autonomous provinces of Trento and Bolzano, it is further stated, “a transfer totaling 2,293.5 million euros is envisaged for the year 2027, as compensation for the reduction in revenue”.
And how much does the state collect with tax? In most of Italy it is the Regions that collect. In those with ordinary statute, the revenue falls directly to the regional administrations, which are also responsible for assessments and recovery of arrears and can entrust the management, for example, to the ACI. Some territories with special status are an exception: in Sardinia and Friuli-Venezia Giulia the stamp duty remains a tax managed by the Revenue Agency. The super tax on the most powerful cars is different again, which is a state surcharge.
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“Based on the data provided by Siope, last year the car tax brought a good 7.1 billion euros into the coffers of the Regions, weighing on average 267 euros per resident family – explains Federcarrozzieri in a note – However, if we look at all the taxes that weigh on the ownership of a car, the bill gets worse: car tax, the registration tax in the public car register (Pra) and the tax on car insurance are worth a total of 11.3 billion euros, on average 424 euros per family”.
“For years there has been talk of completely abolishing car tax or applying a reduction to the tax paid by motorists, but so far no government has ever really committed itself to lightening the burden of the tax burden that weighs on anyone who owns a vehicle in Italy – explains the president Davide Galli – Also in light of the surge in fuel prices which weighs heavily on Italians, we believe it is the right time to intervene on car tax by introducing progressive discounts in favor of citizens”.