The data is worrying: 50 percent of the commercial activities in the city do not pay the waste tax. A level of evasion that has become unsustainable for the coffers of the Municipality of Quartu , so much so that the current municipal administration has decided to counter the phenomenon with a regulation approved yesterday in the council.

No issuing of licenses, authorizations, concessions, let alone renewals, if you have a debt to the Municipality of more than 200 euros . But time is given - 60 days, plus a further 30 - to discuss the possibilities of compliant and avoid suspension of the activity for 90 days, and - in the worst case scenario - closure.

"A further attempt to try to put things in order and affirm the principle of fair contributions to protect citizens and businesses that regularly fulfill their tax duties" , explains the deputy mayor Tore Sanna. "Clearly", he specifies, "there is maximum willingness to support those in difficulty, but those who have the ability to pay must do so".

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