It seems that Italy’s logistics industry is taking a hit as sellers land goods in neighbouring EU countries instead and bring parcels into Italy afterwards.
Being non-EU, I’m guessing that they do not land in Switzerland, but I wonder whether some actually transit through Italy if there are big logistic hubs where Switzerland is in-between?
So Alitalia is doomed again?
If politicians had brains, they would be dangerous.
I doubt they asked any major importers for their views on the result.
There is an ongoing trend to increase the tax revenue in creative ways.
This reminds me of the UK pub tax.
The UK pubs are already being squeezed from every direction. The government charges duty on beer, plus VAT, plus special taxes on every pint sold.
Now the Labour government is raising those tax rates by 30 to 70%, starting this April.
The response? Over 1,000 pubs have banned Labour MPs from their establishments. Prime Minister Keir Starmer got barred from one of his local pubs in London. Signs reading “No Labour MPs” are appearing in windows across the country.
I’ve been hearing that opinion about Italy since years, so nothing new.
Jokes aside, this is the stupidity which always annoys me. Instead of just increasing the taxes, the government is looking for creative ways to avoid “increasing the tax”, but in the end everyone pays more, directly or indirectly, and more of it is just burned on the administrative side because of the complexity
I think every government faces a similar challenge, not just Italy. Expenses keep rising, but people don’t want their precious services cut. They don’t want to retire later (France). Creative ways include calling things fees or surcharges instead of a tax. Reducing tax breaks also allows the government to keep some of the revenue it has collected. There’s no magic bean, in my opinion.
