Meloni says Italy's 2027 budget scraps car road tax, worth 2.3 billion euros

The first video in the series

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has started a series of short social media videos explaining the main measures of the 2027 budget law, known in Italian as the manovra. In a post on X, she said that in the days ahead she would present the main measures and their concrete benefits for citizens, families and businesses. The first video, published on 11 November, is dedicated to the bollo auto, the vehicle road tax.

What changes for car owners

According to Meloni, from 2027 the bollo auto will no longer be paid on the first car owned, provided it is up to 80 kW. She said that threshold covers the vast majority of cars parked outside homes and used in cities by families. The tax will also be abolished for motorcycles, with no limit on engine displacement. Meloni put the effect at 2.3 billion euros, which she said would return directly to the pockets of Italian families. She also described the measure as structural rather than a one-off.

Pledges and the political argument

Meloni contrasted her government's action with earlier promises to scrap the tax. She said Matteo Renzi announced its abolition in 2016 and that Luigi Di Maio called it an odious tax to eliminate in 2019, adding that the list of parties making such promises would be long.

“The difference is that they promised it, and we did it.”

She also argued that the left keeps proposing wealth taxes, while her government is cutting taxes on property. Responding to critics who called the measure a tip or an electoral gesture, she said:

“The measure is structural, so those who spoke of a tip or an electoral measure will have to update their content.”

Meloni said the later clips would explain the other budget measures and their benefits for citizens, families and businesses. Those measures were not detailed in the first video, so the car tax change is the only budget measure described so far.