Reduce the number of degraded and unused properties in our cities thanks to strong tax discounts for properties affected by urban regeneration operations and substantial tax increases for those who do not use the properties they own. These are the two sides of the coin presented by the basic text of the bill on urban regeneration on which an agreement was reached in the Senate on 10 March.
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The properties to be facilitated are identified by the Municipalities following a survey of the territory that identifies the situations of urban, social and environmental decay; an analysis to be carried out also on input from the owners of the buildings or areas concerned. The approval of the City Council is required for the go-ahead and if the intervention concerns the territories of several municipalities, the go-ahead is given by a program conference.
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The benefits provided for those who regenerate are substantial. The properties subject to redevelopment will be exempted from the payment of Imu, Tari and Tasi until the end of the intervention provided for by the municipal plan that concerns them.
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It will also be left to the Municipalities to decide on a reduction of up to 50 percent of the tax on the occupation of public land; the building costs will be reduced by 10 per cent and the transfer of the properties will be subject to registration, mortgage and land registry taxes in the fixed amount of 600 euros overall (ie the amount of 200 euros for each tax).
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And we come to the less pleasant news. Confedilizia has already launched an alarm on the possibility envisaged by article 20 of the bill that municipalities can progressively raise the Imu rates on individual properties and on buildings that have been unused or unfinished for over 5 years, while the Regions could increase for these properties the rate of the additional personal income tax of 0.2%.
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But there is not only this. In fact, article 11 of the bill provides for the possibility for municipalities to register every year commercial and artisanal properties unused for over twelve months and located in urban and historical centers with the possibility of raising the basic rate of the Imu up to triple.
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The increase is suspended if the property is reused, even temporarily, and ceases if a lease or loan agreement is registered. The aim would be to combat the degradation deriving from the presence of empty properties, the trouble who owns a shop certainly does not keep it voluntarily vacant.
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