“Abolish the obligation for companies to possess SOA certification to operate in the building bonus market”. This is what, through a letter, Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna asked the Sardinian parliamentarians to reiterate the alarm for the continuous changes to the rules on building incentives that risk permanently blocking the redevelopment works of buildings and cutting them out of the market beyond 90% of companies .
To complicate an already intricate legislative framework, a few weeks ago came the rule of the "Price Cut" decree which requires, even for companies that operate in subcontracting, the possession of SOA certificates , that is the qualification certificate for participation to tenders for the execution of public works contracts, for works that give the right to building deductions of an amount exceeding 516 thousand euros.
RISKS - “If the law is approved, it will come into force in eight months but will only allow those who already work to work”, comments Maria Amelia Lai, President of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna . "If we take into account that out of 28 thousand Sardinian construction companies, less than 2,300 have SOA certification - continues Lai - including those of restoration, we can understand the damage that is going to be done to the market. And if we take into account that the average amount of works in condominiums in Sardinia is 849 thousand euros, the very serious risk is that all businesses , artisans and not, which today work with renovations with works beyond the threshold will be unable to work ".
"The paradox - continues Lai - is that instead of facilitating the bonus process, especially the 110% superbonus, for businesses and citizens already struggling with a jumble of price increases, bureaucracy and difficulties in credit transfers, the government pulls out the 'yet another' rabbit in the hat 'which further penalizes the entire sector, with obvious repercussions on customers and the supply chain ”.
The artisan organization recalls how access to building bonuses is already subject to a series of very stringent controls and, in order to effectively combat the phenomenon of "ghost" companies, rather serious checks of the market access requirements are needed , such as the hoped-for regulatory law of the construction sector, and tools already operational such as the DURC , the adequacy and intensification of controls.
THE STRETCH - “The blocking of the credit transfer system due to the squeeze adopted by most banks and financial intermediaries is also putting the market for building redevelopment in crisis - remarked Giacomo Meloni, President of the Edili di Confartigianato Sardegna -; for months we have continued to receive calls from companies blocked by the assignment of receivables ". "This' tile 'was not enough - continues Meloni - now comes this new possible situation that is making many professionals and technicians, condominium administrators and customers think of revoking the tasks already assigned to companies without Soa to take shelter from' yet another change in legislation and, thus, to protect oneself from the possible scarcity of companies that from January could be able to do the work because they have certificates ".
“The result of this continuous and unstoppable tightening - remarked the president of construction - is that companies are unable to recover the credits present in their tax drawers for works already carried out and cannot pay employees, suppliers, taxes and contributions. Thus the sector is on the brink of the precipice, cases of bankruptcy are multiplying which could involve thousands of companies throughout the island, and hundreds of thousands throughout the rest of the country ".
THE NUMBERS - According to the data released by Enea on the use of the 110% Superbonus and relating to May 31, in Sardinia there were a total of 5.95 2 declarations for a total investment of 1 billion and 39 million euros and investments of completed works equal to to 708 million euros. The condominiums recorded 449 declarations for 381 million deductions (average investment of 849 thousand euros), for single-family the declarations are 3,959 for 483 million investments (average investment 122 thousand), while for independent houses the declarations are 1,544 for 174 million investments (average investment 122 thousand).
(Unioneonline / vl)
