Families and businesses in crisis. Francesca Intermite, of CasaImpresa, asks for extensions and installments
“Approximately 58.000 folders are due to expire in these days. Local taxes and duties that weigh on the shoulders of families and companies from Taranto, already in difficulty ". The President of CasaImpresa Taranto, Francesca Intermite, is the spokesperson for the problem that is getting more and more serious, and turns to the prefectural commissioner of the Municipality of Taranto, Vincenzo Cardellicchio.
“Many notices of assessment we are talking about - continues Intermite - show inaccuracies in the calculation of the amounts to be paid. So the very serious difficulties in dealing with these unexpected requests for payment, sometimes very onerous, are added to a real economic emergency generated first by the pandemic, and now by the war in Ukraine and by the increase in the prices of electricity, gas and basic necessities ".
“Many taxpayers, one step away from the deadline for payments, will certainly not be able to pay the sums due, since today it is a question of even choosing whether to buy food or pay taxes. It is unthinkable, after two years of suspension, to expect to face such high previous expenses that among other things, if the notices expire, they would rise very much. It is therefore unacceptable to ask families and entrepreneurs for sacrifices so great as to be unsustainable. A circumstance that the central government has become aware of, since it has launched, in the recent Sostegni Ter Decree, a new provision for reopening the terms for being readmitted to the benefits of scrapping. On the other hand, the national trade associations are asking for measures aimed at deferring all debts, with the State or with the banking system, accrued or deferred during the pandemic period ".
“On the basis of all this - concludes Francesca Intermite - we believe that the municipal administration of Taranto must also adopt measures to extend the payment terms and long installments in relation to the credits accrued for taxes and fees within its competence. This would be an important signal of closeness and concrete support for all those who deal with a very complicated context. Pending all this, it is also necessary to check the requests exactly. So let's go back to addressing the Prefectural Commissioner, to whom we have already represented the critical issues that are affecting all citizens ”.