Publishing: Meritocrazia Italia, ‘restore tax credit for card purchase’

“Publishing has always represented a sector of excellence. Lithographers, printers, illustrators, publishers are just some of the figures who for centuries have dedicated their commitment to a sector that today is experiencing a moment of serious trouble. an increase in the overall volume of sales, a real recovery is made difficult by the surge in the costs of raw materials and by the extension of waiting times for supplies due to the increase in demand and problems connected with emergency restrictions “. Thus in a note Meritocrazia Italia. “The prices of some types of paper have even doubled. Not to mention that – observes the note -, as it is not yet possible to predict how much the paper will cost in the first months of the new year, printers and publishers are forced to book supplies without knowing the price. . This makes a downsizing of production inevitable and small publishing houses will suffer the most. “Another hard blow to the economic fabric of small and medium-sized enterprises and, in the end, to the opportunities for relaunching Culture. The problem is underestimated. Shy short-term initiatives – clarifies Meritocrazia Italia -, which result in the limitation of circulation for the purposes of immediate compensation of costs and benefits. The prospects for the future are bleak; paper seems to have to leave room for digital. Meritocrazia Italia calls for more decisive lines of action to support the publishing chain, with network projects for sustainability, which focus on paper weight as a green investment. It joins the request, made on several sides, for the refinancing of the tax credit on the purchase of the card, but above all hopes for an increase in the credit percentage to 50%, to the benefit of the economic operators in the sector and for the reduction of the costs of the final product “.” Furthermore – continues the note -, at the fin and to encourage the purchase of books for all categories of users, Meritocrazia proposes the extension of the deductibility of expenses related to the purchase of books from professional categories and related to the exercise of the arts, to all categories of taxpayers, individuals and not, for texts of any kind, scholastic and extracurricular “.