The National Research Foundation of Accountants has published the Research Document as of October 12, 2020 on the analysis of fiscal pressure in Italy, Europe and the world.
The study allows to compare the official Italian tax burden, equal to 42.4% in 2019, with the real one, reworked on the GDP net of the submerged, which is equal to 48.2%, but also with the one that weighs on businesses or work.
In the first case, using data from the world bank, Italy, with 59.1% is in second place in Europe.
On the job, instead, the Ocse tax wedge for the single employee is equal to 48%, third place in Europe, while the wedge for the moved employee with two children is equal to 39.2%, first place in Europe.
In general, the overall analysis of the Italian fiscal pressure indicators and the international comparison indicate how much is still particularly high the tax burden in Italy both at macro level, with 42.4% official and 48.2% real, and at micro level with a tax wedge of 48% and a total tax rate of 59.1%.
The reduction in the tax burden, which began in 2014, after the last heavy shock of 2012-2013, was interrupted in 2018 and mainly affected businesses, since the tax burden on households did not benefit from this reduction and, on the contrary, was on the increase.
