Giulia Mallia on Instagram: "Ho dimenticato qualcosa?🤔"

Name: Giulia Mallia on Instagram: "Ho dimenticato qualcosa?🤔"
Channel: Giulia Mallia
Description: The video lists several tax increases and ended VAT breaks under Meloni’s governments. Most of the listed changes are real, but some items need context and at least one claim is incorrect.

Verdict: Mostly accurate overall, but a few figures are outdated or wrong.

Credibility score: 74/100 · 8 claims checked · 7 accurate, 0 misleading, 1 false, 0 unsupported.

Instagram · Giulia Mallia · Unknown · Oct 16, 2026

The video lists several tax increases and ended VAT breaks under Meloni’s governments. Most of the listed changes are real, but some items need context and at least one claim is incorrect.

Claim-by-claim breakdown

Accurate (95% confidence): Meloni’s governments increased VAT on sanitary products and baby products such as diapers, infant formula, and some baby food from 5% to 10%. Reuters reported Italy’s government raised VAT on baby-care products and sanitary tampons to 10% from 5%; Agenzia delle Entrate documents show the reduced rates for these goods.
Accurate (94% confidence): Italy raised VAT on child car seats from 5% to 22%. Reuters noted the VAT on car booster seats was cut to 5% before, and later tax summaries state the 2024 budget restored the 22% rate.
Accurate (86% confidence): Italy increased the tax on short-term rental income for additional properties to 26%. Agenzia delle Entrate says that from 1 January 2024 the cedolare secca for short-term rentals is 26%, with a reduced 21% rate for one property under the applicable rules.
Accurate (95% confidence): Italy raised the tax on foreign-owned real estate from 0.76% to 1.06%. The tax agency states that from 2024 the IVIE rate is 1.06%, and that it had been 0.76% through 2023.
False (89% confidence): Italy raised the tax on financial assets held abroad from 0.2% to 0.4%. Agenzia delle Entrate says IVAFE is generally 2 per mille (0.2%), not 0.4%.
Accurate (93% confidence): Italy imposed a 40% windfall tax on banks' net interest margin, with an option to pay by boosting reserves instead. Reuters described Italy’s 40% one-off bank tax on net interest margin and noted lenders could choose to boost reserves instead of paying cash.
Accurate (92% confidence): Italy introduced a 50% levy on excess profits of energy companies. Reuters reported Italy’s 50% windfall tax on energy companies’ extra income and linked it to 2022 excess profits.
Accurate (96% confidence): Italy’s RAI licence fee fell from 90 to 70 euros in 2024 because the discount was not extended. Reuters said Italy would reduce the public broadcaster licence fee from 90 to 70 euros per year in 2024; the temporary cut applied only to that year.

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Giulia Mallia on Instagram: "Ho dimenticato qualcosa?🤔"

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