The Canton of Ticino blocks over 50 million restaurants in Lombardy

Context

The State Council of the Canton of Ticino announced that it had cautiously suspended half of the Lombard quota as a reaction to the "health tax". No block for Piedmont, which did not apply the measure. The decision was announced at a press conference by the President of the Ticino Government Claudio Zali, together with colleagues Christian Vitta and Raffaele De Rosa.

The so-called health tax is the contribution to the Italian National Health Service set by Law 213/2023 (Art. 1, paragraphs 237-239): from 3% to 6% of the net salary earned in Switzerland, with a minimum of 30 and a maximum of 200 euros for each month worked, set each year by the region of residence. The State Council of the Canton of Ticino decided to suspend the Lombard quota, equivalent to about 50 million francs, in reaction to the measure.

Operational details

The Lombard portion of the refreshments is 100,442,354 francs, while Piedmont will receive 8,668,106 francs. The Council of State decided to suspend 50,221,177 francs, corresponding to half of the Lombard share. No suspension is foreseen for Piedmont.

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Key points

The resulting payment is therefore divided as follows: 50,221,177 francs will be paid to Lombardy, while the entire amount of 8,668,106 francs will remain unchanged to Piedmont. The total payment to Italy amounts to 58,889,283 francs, compared to the 109,110,460 originally planned.

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Article 1(237–238) of Italian Law No. 213/2023 does not apply indiscriminately to all cross-border workers. It covers: (a) Italian residents who work and stay in Switzerland and use the Italian SSN; (b) frontier workers under Article 9(1) of the Italy–Switzerland Agreement whose income is taxable only in Switzerland and who exercised the legal right to choose health insurance; and (c) dependants of those two categories. Paragraph 238 sets a progressive 3–6% share of net Swiss salary, with a €30 minimum and an ordinary €200 maximum for each month worked from 2024. The cap may be doubled in cases of omitted payment or omitted communication specified in Article 1(100) of Law No. 207/2024. The Region of residence sets the rates and procedure each year.

The suspension is therefore partial: the report distinguishes the Lombardy share from the Piedmont share and leaves the payment intended for Piedmont unchanged.