Judicial conciliation, as a deflationary tool for tax disputes, is a dispute resolution technique used by the legislator to reduce the number of pending judgments with the direct participation of the taxpayer. The institute has been characterized by a rather troubled legislative process, most recently undergoing important changes by law 31 August 2022, n. 130, of reform of justice and the tax process, which becomes the point of arrival of a slow evolution of the system of judicial protection in tax matters. In the prism of the reform of the tax process, the changes made to judicial conciliation, within a tenured tax judiciary, pursue the objective of ensuring a fair balance between the tax claim and the taxpayer's rights, in compliance with the principle of ability to pay at the foundation of the tax system pursuant to art. 53 of the Constitution. It is, in fact, clear that the law n. 130/2022, intervening on the conciliation institution, intended to increase the deflationary tools of litigation, recognizing the tax judge's power to formulate a conciliation proposal and preparing legislation of a "sanctioning-intimidatory" nature regarding procedural costs. Nonetheless, as regards judicial conciliation, the 2022 amendment seems to constitute a further step within a reform process yet to be defined in its peculiar lines. Only concrete experience will allow us to verify whether the conciliation institution, in its reformed guise, is able to achieve an effective deflation of the litigation pending before the tax justice bodies, due to the multiple critical issues of the reformed text.
La conciliazione giudiziale, quale strumento deflattivo del contenzioso tributario, è una tecnica di composizione della lite utilizzata dal legislatore per ridurre il numero dei giudizi pendenti con la partecipazione diretta del contribuente. L’istituto è stato caratterizzato da un iter legislativo piuttosto travagliato, subendo, da ultimo, importanti modifiche ad opera della L. 31 agosto 2022, n. 130, di riforma della giustizia e del processo tributario, che assurge a punto di arrivo di una lenta evoluzione del sistema di tutela giurisdizionale in materia di tributi. Nel prisma della riforma del processo tributario, le modifiche apportate alla conciliazione giudiziale, nell’ambito di una magistratura tributaria di ruolo, perseguono l’obiettivo di assicurare un giusto equilibrio tra la pretesa fiscale e i diritti del contribuente, nel rispetto del principio di capacità contributiva a fondamento dell’ordinamento tributario ex art. 53 Cost. È, difatti, evidente che la L. n. 130/2022, intervenendo sull’istituto conciliativo, ha inteso incrementare gli strumenti deflattivi del contenzioso, riconoscendo al giudice tributario la facoltà di formulare una proposta conciliativa e predisponendo una normativa di natura “sanzionatoria-intimidatoria” in materia di spese processuali. Ciononostante, per quanto concerne la conciliazione giudiziale, la novella del 2022 sembra costituire un passo ulteriore all’interno di un processo riformatore ancora da definire nelle sue linee peculiari. Solo l’esperienza concreta potrà consentire di verificare se l’istituto conciliativo, nella veste riformata, sia in grado di realizzare un’effettiva deflazione del contenzioso pendente dinanzi agli organi della giustizia tributaria, in ragione delle molteplici criticità del testo riformato.
La conciliazione giudiziale nel prisma della riforma del processo tributario: profili di criticità e linee di sviluppo (Parte prima)
Parente Salvatore Antonello
2024-01-01
Abstract
Judicial conciliation, as a deflationary tool for tax disputes, is a dispute resolution technique used by the legislator to reduce the number of pending judgments with the direct participation of the taxpayer. The institute has been characterized by a rather troubled legislative process, most recently undergoing important changes by law 31 August 2022, n. 130, of reform of justice and the tax process, which becomes the point of arrival of a slow evolution of the system of judicial protection in tax matters. In the prism of the reform of the tax process, the changes made to judicial conciliation, within a tenured tax judiciary, pursue the objective of ensuring a fair balance between the tax claim and the taxpayer's rights, in compliance with the principle of ability to pay at the foundation of the tax system pursuant to art. 53 of the Constitution. It is, in fact, clear that the law n. 130/2022, intervening on the conciliation institution, intended to increase the deflationary tools of litigation, recognizing the tax judge's power to formulate a conciliation proposal and preparing legislation of a "sanctioning-intimidatory" nature regarding procedural costs. Nonetheless, as regards judicial conciliation, the 2022 amendment seems to constitute a further step within a reform process yet to be defined in its peculiar lines. Only concrete experience will allow us to verify whether the conciliation institution, in its reformed guise, is able to achieve an effective deflation of the litigation pending before the tax justice bodies, due to the multiple critical issues of the reformed text.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.