A tax centre employee preparing paperwork for citizens income applications. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP Italy’s ‘citizens’ wage’ basic income scheme has had fewer applications than expected, and there are smaller payouts than advertised for most.
900,000 families, or a total of 2.7 million people, have so far applied for the government scheme, said the head of Italian pensions and social security agency INPS Pasquale Tridico on Tuesday.
There have been fewer applications than expected, local media reports.Before the scheme came into force, writes QuiFinanza , many had imagined there would be “a mad rush” to claim the payments. So far, this hasn’t […]
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