La limitazione alla deducibilità degl’interessi passivi: considerazioni sul dibattito in Germania

Pages250-254
Date01 January 2021
Published date01 January 2021
AuthorEnrico Altieri
Documents and researches
https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-3583/15151
Studi Tributari Europei. Vol.11 (2021)
ISSN 2036-3583
La limitazione alla deducibilità degl’interessi passivi:
considerazioni sul dibattito in Germania
Enrico Altieri
Pubblicato: 21 settembre 2022
Abstract
The limitation of the deductibility of interest in the calculation of personal and corporate income
tax unites the tax choices in Italy and Germany. In Germany,however, the scheme is not seen as
an anti-avoidance tool, but as a means to safeguard the national tax base from erosion caused by
loans taken out by German companies with foreign entities. However, this protective measure
clashes with the preservation of the freedoms guaranteeing the European market and has been
referred to the Constitutional Court. In particular, the limitation of deductible interest expenses
would rst of all violate the constitutional principle of equality. Ultimately, the purposes put
forward in the justication for the limitation of the deductibility of interest, namely the strength-
ening of the equity capital base or the encouragement of foreign investments, cannot, therefore,
justify the limitation, not even from the point of view of securing the national tax base.
La limitazione della deducibilità degli interessi nel calcolo dell’imposta sul reddito delle persone
siche e delle società accomuna le scelte tributarie in Italia e in Germania. In Germania però il
regime non è considerato come uno strumento antielusione, ma come un mezzo per salvaguar-
dare l’imponibile nazionale dalle erosioni causate dai prestiti contratti da imprese tedesche con
soggetti stranieri. Una misura protettiva che si scontra però con la salvaguardia delle libertà
a garanzia del mercato europeo e che è stata rimessa al giudizio della Corte costituzionale. In
particolare la limitazione degli interessi passivi da dedure violerebbe prima di tutto il princi-
pio costituzionale di eguaglianza. In denitiva gli scopi addotti nella motivazione del limite alla
deducibilità degli interessi e cioè il raorzamento della base del capitale proprio o l’incentivo ad
investimenti esteri non possono, quindi,giusticare la limitazione, neppure sotto l’aspetto di una
garanzia dell’imponibile scale nazionale.
Keywords: Irpef tedesca; base imponibile; deducibilità interessi; limiti; non ammissibilità.
Enrico Altieri: Già Corte di Cassazione (Italy)
enrico.altieri@libero.it
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