Things we counted, computed or checked

Short pieces on Italian tax where the number is ours: measured from primary documents or produced by our own engine, with the data published alongside so you can disagree with it properly.

• 25 Jul 2026

  Two institutions, eight days apart, asked Italy for different things

  The IMF asked Italy to eliminate the flat tax on self-employment income. Eight days later the European Commission published 85,857 words about the Italian economy without once naming the regime everyone assumed it meant.

• 25 Jul 2026

  One euro over €85,000 costs a professional €18,141

  Everyone knows the forfettario ends at €85,000. Almost nobody publishes what the far side looks like, so we computed it: the size of the drop, and how much extra revenue it takes to climb back to where you were.