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(lapresse) BRUSSELS – The President of the Council Enrico Letta has approved only part of the invitation launched by the Secretary of the Democratic Party, Matteo Renzi , which asked the prime minister to remove the so-called ‘web tax ‘by the law of stability with the goal of bringing then the issue within the EU . “It ‘obvious – Letta said today at the end of the Brussels European Council, after which the’ Web tax ‘has been made more soft by the passage in committee in the House – that the kind of intervention that tax the House has introduced a need for coordination with European standards essential. Entering this point, “European agenda” will allow us to untie this knot, a node that needs to be resolved. ” “Inside the text agreed – he continued – there is also a reference that covers a topic dear to us, namely the development of the fight against tax evasion and tax havens. In the coming days there will be a measure of government capital illegally exported. “

In the morning there was the reaction to the news of the approval of Confindustria digital high taxes. “The one on the ‘Web tax’ – said the president Stefano Parisi has learned that the go-ahead during a press conference – a decision is meaningless outside the European rules, which continues to create uncertainty and confusion in the field of computer science. We never said that we should not pay taxes on digital products – said Parisi – but this is a big global issue, which are already at work and the OECD is the EU, which will submit a proposal in September 2014, just when Italy will chair the European Union. E ‘a populist decision. President of the budget committee of the House, Francesco Boccia , said that now Google will bring value in Italy, confusing value with tax revenues. For us, however, the value is the development, employment, and research with respect to these growth factors is often the fees are an obstacle, not a stimulus. “

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In short, the ‘Web tax’ Italy has made “a fool with Europe, because this is a legislation that goes against the rules of harmonization of VAT imposed at a European level, “said Parisi, concluding:” impose only in a country does not make sense: it only creates uncertainty and confusion in the attraction of foreign investment. We do not say ‘no’ to a tax, we say that there must be rules and non-European countries have their own tax system. “

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Enrico Letta

Matteo Renzi

Stefano Parisi

Francesco Boccia