191 days of mockery over the IRES bonus

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It's been 191 days since the Meloni government, in the budget law passed at the end of December, announced with great fanfare the introduction of the corporate income tax (IRES) bonus: a tax reduction for companies that reinvest profits in innovation, hiring, and development. A sacrosanct idea, blessed by anyone who cares about this country's economic growth. But a good idea is worthless if it's stuck in the morass of broken promises . And the corporate income tax bonus today is just that: an unfulfilled promise, a slogan without an implementing decree, a symbol of the government's inability to move from intentions to action. Meanwhile, Italian businesses, already grappling with bureaucracy, regulatory uncertainty, and tax pressure, in addition to the uncertainty generated by Trump's tariff announcement, continue to wait. They're waiting to learn if and how they can plan their investments while counting on a more favorable tax regime. They're waiting to understand whether the announced tax advantage actually exists or if it was just another advert .

Italy needs stimulus, not waiting. Clarity, not ambiguity. A solid economy cannot be built with tools announced but never implemented. Every day that passes without a corporate income tax incentive is a day in which the government demonstrates it doesn't truly care about the fate of Italian businesses. It prefers narrative to action, stagecraft to substance. From today, this newspaper will report every day, until the blessed implementing decree arrives, the number of days spent talking about nothing . Days in which the government chose inaction rather than courage. Days in which businesses were asked for trust without providing answers. Wasted days. Today we are at 191. Tomorrow, hopefully, we won't have to say 192. There are uncertainties that are difficult to manage, like tariffs. There are uncertainties that should be managed, like corporate income tax. Being part of the solutions, not the problems, should be not an option but a duty for a government with its head on its shoulders.

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