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EnglishWe discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the fiscal consolidation package adopted by Italy in 2011. Estimated at 3.3% of GDP, the tax measures were introduced to reduce public deficits without weakening the prospects of economic recovery or producing adverse redistributive outcomes. The tax reform mainly increases consumption and property taxes and gives relief for firms that recapitalize or hire young workers and women. To some extent, these measures are consistent with scholarly suggestions to foster short- and long-term economic growth by shifting the tax burden from capital and labour income towards consumption and property. Using microsimulation models, we evaluate the distributional and growth effects of the tax package. The indirect and property tax reforms are highly regressive, while the reform as a whole makes limited resources available for growth-enhancing policies, in terms of a reduction in the effective corporate tax burden. We propose a revenue neutral alternative reform that allows channelling more fiscal resources towards corporate tax relief, while at the same time producing less regressive distributional effects.
| Titolo: | Fiscal Reforms during Fiscal Consolidation: the Case of Italy |
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| Autori: | Giampaolo Arachi; Valeria Bucci; Ernesto Longobardi; Paolo Panteghini; Maria Laura Parisi; Simone Pellegrino; Alberto Zanardi |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2012 |
| Abstract: | We discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the fiscal consolidation package adopted by Italy in 2011. Estimated at 3.3% of GDP, the tax measures were introduced to reduce public deficits without weakening the prospects of economic recovery or producing adverse redistributive outcomes. The tax reform mainly increases consumption and property taxes and gives relief for firms that recapitalize or hire young workers and women. To some extent, these measures are consistent with scholarly suggestions to foster short- and long-term economic growth by shifting the tax burden from capital and labour income towards consumption and property. Using microsimulation models, we evaluate the distributional and growth effects of the tax package. The indirect and property tax reforms are highly regressive, while the reform as a whole makes limited resources available for growth-enhancing policies, in terms of a reduction in the effective corporate tax burden. We propose a revenue neutral alternative reform that allows channelling more fiscal resources towards corporate tax relief, while at the same time producing less regressive distributional effects. |
| Volume: | 68 |
| Fascicolo: | 4 |
| Pagina iniziale: | 445 |
| Pagina finale: | 465 |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | 10.1628/001522112X659574 |
| Parole Chiave: | Tax reform, Fiscal consolidation, Microsimulation, Italy |
| Rivista: | FINANZARCHIV |
| Appare nelle tipologie: | 03A-Articolo su Rivista |
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