Italy Scraps Road Tax for Most Cars as Election Nears
The exemption would cover all motorbikes and more than 70% of small- and medium-sized cars, the cabinet office said.
- On Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the government will abolish road tax for 14.5 million cars and motor-bikes, calling it the elimination of a levy "most hated by Italians."
- The decision comes as Meloni's conservative coalition trails in polls and faces pressure from National Future, a far-right party led by Roberto Vannacci, ahead of next year's national election.
- A draft decree seen by Reuters estimates the one-year exemption, effective January 1 through December 31, 2027, will cost €2.36 billion and cover all motor-bikes plus over 70% of small- and medium-sized cars, limited to one per citizen.
- Italy's public debt is projected to peak at almost 139% of GDP this year, while the government has already spent €2.8 billion on excise duty cuts due to rising fuel prices from the war against Iran.
- Rossano Sasso, a senior aide to Vannacci, dismissed the policy as a diversion, stating, "It's like treating pneumonia with a throat lozenge," as critics questioned whether the relief can address Italy's fiscal pressures.
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The government in Rome is responding to the rising fuel prices. Most car owners will not have to pay a car tax next year.
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The decision on road taxes concerns two-wheelers and small and medium-sized cars. The post The country that abolishes road taxes – The goal is to make it permanent appeared first on in.gr.
The Italian government is moving forward with the abolition of annual circulation taxes for two-wheelers and small and medium-sized cars, as decided during the cabinet meeting. These are essentially cars with a power not exceeding 80 KW and which, according to the Italian government, constitute 70% of the total. It is estimated that these are 14.5 million vehicles. Meloni: We abolished one of the taxes that Italians hated the most “Today the gov…
Millions of motorists in Italy are delighted because they will be freed from the country's "most hated tax" next year. On Wednesday, the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni decided on a corresponding regulation for passenger cars with an output of up to 80 kilowatts as well as for motorcycles of all cylinder classes.
"It is like fighting pneumonia with a diamond," said an advisor to the new radical right-wing party Futuro Nazionale.
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