** The OSCE: Italy changes the taxation from labor to inheritance and real estate.

In Italy, "shifting the tax burden from labor to inheritance and real estate will make the tax mix more favorable for growth, while also allowing for increased revenues." This is one of the recurring recommendations from the OECD in its report on the Italian economy, a theme that the Paris-based organization has been advocating for many years.

“It would also be necessary,” adds the OECD, “to update the parameters for calculating the tax base for property tax, taking into account the associated distributional effects.”

“We always carefully read the OECD recommendations, but we will never back down on one issue: we will never introduce a property tax, as a home is our asset and the asset of Italian families, and it cannot be touched.” This was stated by Maurizio Lupi, president of "Noi Moderati."

"We suggest to the Left's salt-of-the-earth types, always ready to point fingers at the government and constantly betting on its failures, to reread the recommendations on the need for judicial system reform, which is essential for economic growth." "Just like taxes," writes Giorgio Spaziani Testa, president of "Confedilizia," in a statement, "there comes a periodic request for tax payments (on real estate) from the OECD. In a new economic study on Italy, we read that it is necessary to 'shift the tax burden from labor to real estate and inheritance' and that 'shifting the tax burden from labor to real estate and inheritance will make the tax mix more favorable for growth while also allowing for increased revenues.' Interestingly, yet another call to hit the savings of Italians, motivated by the (unproven) theory that property taxes are more favorable for growth, comes shortly after this theory—already disproven by authoritative studies and facts—was sharply rejected in an article published by the Tax Service's scientific journal. But that's how it is.

The renovation of real estate is very important for decarbonization.

In Italy, "the renovation (retrofitting) of the housing stock is important for decarbonization." This is stated by the OECD, which believes that current schemes to encourage modernization "should be supplemented by a combination of government subsidies and low-interest, long-term loans, and subsidies for the installation of gas boilers should be gradually phased out." In its report on the Italian economy, the Paris-based organization notes that "regressive and cost-ineffective schemes that promote investments in renovation for the purpose of improving energy efficiency have been reformed, but this may prove insufficient - the report states - to encourage low-income families and those with low taxes to carry out energy efficiency improvements." According to the OECD, "the adoption of regulatory measures or the introduction of higher taxes for the use of energy-inefficient properties will promote renovation aimed at improving energy efficiency."

Italy should gradually eliminate early retirement pensions.

In Italy, "pensions account for a significant share" of total public spending, which, according to the OECD, needs to be addressed to ensure a more prudent approach to pensioners' commitments in relation to GDP." The Paris-based organization recommends that in the short term, "pension costs can be reduced by gradually phasing out early retirement schemes." Furthermore, in the short term, "it would be advisable to maintain partial regulation of high pensions, and then replace it in the medium term with a tax on high pensions - says the OECD - which is not linked to the pension contributions paid. The solidarity contribution can be maintained as long as the relative income of the pensioner corresponds to the OECD average."

Expansion of public transportation and reduction of emissions from cars

In Italy, "the development of public transport and the reduction of highly polluting vehicles would contribute to a decrease in transport emissions." This is stated by the OECD, which believes that further decarbonization of transport is possible "by investing in the railway network, reducing tax benefits for diesel fuel compared to gasoline, and introducing financial incentives for scrapping old cars, regardless of the purchase of new ones." "The use of electric vehicles can be encouraged by increasing the number of publicly available charging stations," says the OECD in its report on the Italian economy, "gradually phasing out subsidies for the purchase of internal combustion engine vehicles and redirecting support towards the purchase of entry-level electric vehicle models, as well as aligning taxes on the sale, registration, and ownership of vehicles with emission levels."