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Italy Scraps Road Tax for Most Cars as Election Nears

The one-year exemption would cover all motorbikes and more than 70% of small- and medium-sized cars, the cabinet office said.

  • On Wednesday, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced the government will abolish the annual road tax for 14.5 million cars and motorbikes in 2027, at an estimated cost of €2.36 billion.
  • Rising fuel costs from the U.S. war against Iran force the government to fund excise duty cuts, while Meloni's coalition faces mounting pressure from the rising National Future party.
  • Italy's public debt is set to peak at 139% of GDP this year, replacing Greece as the most indebted country in the region; citizens can claim the tax benefit for only one vehicle.
  • Rossano Sasso, a senior aide to National Future leader Roberto Vannacci, dismissed the policy, stating, "It's like treating pneumonia with a throat lozenge." Critics also called it an electoral diversion.
  • The benefit applies to all motorbikes and more than 70% of small- and medium-sized cars, positioning the coalition to seek momentum ahead of next year's election.
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The government in Rome is responding to the rising fuel prices. Most car owners will not have to pay a car tax next year.

·Berlin, Germany
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Lean Left

The decision on road taxes concerns two-wheelers and small and medium-sized cars. The post The country that abolishes road taxes – The goal is to make it permanent appeared first on in.gr.

·Greece
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Lean Right

The Italian premier announced the exemption of the so-called “car ball” for millions of vehicles at a time of weakness of its coalition

·Vicente López, Argentina
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Lean Right

The Italian government is moving forward with the abolition of annual circulation taxes for two-wheelers and small and medium-sized cars, as decided during the cabinet meeting. These are essentially cars with a power not exceeding 80 KW and which, according to the Italian government, constitute 70% of the total. It is estimated that these are 14.5 million vehicles. Meloni: We abolished one of the taxes that Italians hated the most “Today the gov…

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Millions of motorists in Italy are delighted because they will be freed from the country's "most hated tax" next year. On Wednesday, the government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni decided on a corresponding regulation for passenger cars with an output of up to 80 kilowatts as well as for motorcycles of all cylinder classes.

·Vienna, Austria
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hdmotori.it broke the news on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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