Overview

• Bankitalia data show that Italy collected €257.3 billion in tax revenues during the first half of 2025, marking a 3.4 percent rise over the same period in 2024.
• Forza Italia economic head Maurizio Casasco wants to dedicate €4.2 billion—one quarter of the projected €17 billion annual increase—to cut the IRPEF rate from 35 percent to 33 percent on incomes up to €60,000.
• Casasco is urging concrete activation of the Fondo per la riduzione della pressione fiscale to legally channel excess receipts into targeted tax relief for the middle class.
• The government has already trimmed the IRPEF second bracket to 33 percent for €28,000–€50,000 incomes and launched a one-year Ires premiale pilot for qualifying investments.
• Forza Italia’s proposal remains political and will depend on coalition agreement and available budget room as lawmakers shape the 2026 manovra.