La valutazione degli incentivi agli investimenti è fondamentale sia sotto il profilo della politica industriale, per scegliere i meccanismi che più incidono sulle decisioni delle imprese, ma anche sotto il profilo della finanza pubblica, perché è di notevole importanza comprendere se le risorse stanziate al momento del varo della policy corrispondano alle risorse effettivamente impiegate. Questo lavoro procede a un esercizio di valutazione ex post della politica del credito di imposta sugli investimenti riservato alle imprese operanti nelle regioni meridionali tra il 2016 e il 2019, sulla base delle informazioni estraibili dal modello di microsimulazione MEDITA. Le analisi consentono di verificare una parziale efficacia dello strumento utilizzato sul tasso di investimento delle imprese.
Italian governments have frequently chosen tax amnesties or concessions, with the twofold purpose of creating new budget resources and cancelling irredeemable debts. Such course of action constitutes a “shortcut” policy in terms of fighting tax evasion, which is a matter less popular among voters and more demanding in terms of efficiency and political continuity. This paper investigates the effects of the 2016–2019 tax concession, bringing empirical evidence based on the car tax paid to the Tuscany Region. The car tax is the main source of regional fiscal autonomy in Italy. In terms of revenue recovery, we found a net amount of only 1.6% of the unpaid taxes accrued. A difference-in-difference (DiD) analysis of the effects on compliance showed that those who took advantage of the tax amnesty in the past, when cheating again, were more likely to default on their tax debts, as compared to those who did not join the amnesty program. Therefore, our analysis provides original evidence of a very low budget recovery and confirms the results of literature according to which tax amnesties impact negatively on taxpayers’ behaviour.
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