Government and alternative plans
Source documents for reference. A party's costing is its own estimate unless identified as independent. Different years, definitions and government levels are not directly comparable. These documents do not automatically change the simulator.
Adopted state budget · FY 2026; multi-year budget 2026–2028Official budget law, generally effective from 1 January 2026 with specified exceptions. State-budget coverage is narrower than the simulator’s general-government baseline. A matched current opposition fiscal document remains unverified.
Historical document archive · Multiple electionsUse the document browser to select a country, party and election year. This is an archive of political programmes, not a set of audited alternative budgets.
Pension eligibility and payments
Selected scheme verifiedINPS ordinary old-age pension
- Eligibility age
- 67 in 2026; contribution conditions
- Payment basis
- Contribution-history based; no single flat rate
Ordinary access generally requires 20 contribution years. INPS lists 67y1m in 2027 and 67y3m in 2028. For first contributions from 1996, an additional benefit-amount condition applies; the alternative 2026 route is 71 with five effective contribution years. Exceptions and legacy rules remain scheme-specific.
Reference information only. These rules and payments do not change the simulator’s fiscal model or calculate an individual pension entitlement.
Tax starting points
- Income tax
- 23% / 33% / 43% + local
- Corporation tax
- 24% IRES + regional IRAP
- VAT / sales tax
- 22% IVA
- Tariffs
- Rates depend on the product, origin and trade agreement.
2026 national personal bands; regional and municipal income taxes are additional. IRES is 24%; standard IRAP is 3.9% on a different base, with regional/sector variation. The taxes cannot simply be added into one universal effective rate.
Income tax source · Corporation tax source · WTO tariff schedules