Car tax exemption, the possibility of expanding the audience arises: the possible beneficiaries

An exemption from road tax for all first-time cars owned, without distinctions in power. It is one of the hypotheses discussed among the measures for families and the middle class, at the center of the majority summit that prepared the Budget law. The text is expected in the Council of Ministers late Wednesday morning.

The aim is to prevent families who own more powerful cars from being excluded from the relief. The legislative decree approved in September exempts natural persons in a single vehicle from road tax for 2027 only. It can be a petrol or diesel car, even a hybrid, with power up to 80 kW (around 109 horsepower), or alternatively a motorbike or moped. The potential audience is 24.6 million owners. Anyone who only owns a car above the threshold is excluded, unless they also have a two-wheeled vehicle.

The maneuver is also the tool indicated by the government to make the measure permanent. In fact, the decree only regulates payments expiring in 2027, but the executive has reiterated several times its intention to go further. "I reiterate the government's desire to make the elimination of car tax structural," said Economy Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti at the end of September, answering parliamentary questions. Already after the Council of Ministers on 16 September, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had spoken of a choice to abolish the tax "in a structural way". A permanent rule will have to pass through the budget law, which will also have to find the resources to compensate the Regions, owners of the revenue.

In the meantime, the decree is being examined by the Finance Committee of the Chamber, where tax remains the main open issue. The arrival in the Chamber was postponed by a week. For days the majority forces have presented amendments that aim to broaden the audience rather than prolong the period. The most complex is the one with the first signature of the president of the commission, Marco Osnato (FdI). For 2027 it recognizes families with more than three children, of which at least one is a minor, a contribution equal to the tax paid, up to 490.20 euros. The contribution is valid for vehicles up to 160 kW approved with six to nine seats. Similar proposals were signed by Noi Moderati and, by the opposition, by Action.