ROME (Reuters) - Italy will delay for at least three months a rise in sales tax which was due to take effect in July and the government aims to cancel the rise altogether, deputy Economy Minister Stefano Fassina said in a newspaper interview on Sunday.
The scheduled 1 percentage point rise in the main rate of value-added tax (VAT) to 22 percent has become a major focus of tension for Enrico Letta's coalition government.
