The shareholder is called out: from Ministry of Economy vigorously deny having played a role in the move Italian postwho on Monday 7 November decided one day after another to stop buying tax credits generated with works by energy efficiency provided for by Superbonus. And yet, since these are companies that, between indirect and direct shares, account for over 64% of the ministry of Minister Giorgettithe move sounded like a slap in the face to the building requests that asked the State, and its subsidiaries, a trust signal. All this is then communicated with two concise lines on the product page of the Poste website explaining how the purchase of credits has been suspended until a later date, specifying that the decision does not affect the practices already started.
God forbid, some might say. And the justification according to which Poste is doing what the large institutions of the country have been doing for some time is worth little, because the purchases of Poste, net of the fact that it is a company of state propertythey are very different from those of banks. The latter in fact have mainly built and sold gods loans for renovationsfirst guaranteed and then paid by the tax credits that would have been generated with the construction work. Poste instead has mainly bought first-hand credits, directly from the owner of the restructuring and deduction, so to speak and only once they were formed. Now the turnaround, moreover close to the closing of thefiscal yearafter which the percentage of deduction seems destined to drop from 110 to 90 percent, it is a bit of a blow for those who are rushing to close the construction sites to avoid getting stuck in the course of construction.
Just the behavior of state subsidiaries ended up in the builders’ sights, with theReeds who raised the alarm for the “crazy speculation” to the detriment of companies, which he said was born precisely because of the tightening of the purse strings practiced by public companies. In this case the problem is not the absorption capacity, the association denounces, but the political will. And the result is that whoever still buys the credits is doing it to very low percentagestaking advantage of the “business despair“: If before the 110% credit was purchased on average at 102%, now it reaches 85%.
“We have been asking for the release of all public subsidiaries for some time. We need a sign of trust, without blowing up thousands of companies “, said the president of the builders who, in addition to Poste, also brings up Cassa Depositi e Prestiti. The situation seems particularly complex for small companies, which with the Cna they ask that a table be called urgently to find a solution. A verification is also requested by Confediliziawhich proposes an in-depth analysis before umpteenth new changes.
Poste, which has taken over a total of tens of billions of credits, has stopped buying from businesses for almost a year and has now shut down the taps even with private individuals who have smaller credits, including 100,000 and 150,000 euros. The move could be a consequence of the recent ones judgments of the Supreme Court who ordered the seizure of the construction bonuses sold, believing that the invoices on account for the works actually referred to non-existent operations. In other words, the summer indemnity as formulated is not working.
The fact remains that the decision of the Post Office has blown the interested parties on the chair. Francesco Silvestripresident of the M5S group in the Chamber, speaks of a “very serious” decision and asked the Minister of Economy, Giancarlo Giorgettito report to the classroom on the occasion of the debate on the Update to the document on economics and finance (Nadef). “We deem it inadmissible that a publicly controlled company such as Poste does not contribute to a circulation which is essential to make the concessions work – he underlines -. Let us remember that tens of thousands of companies risk closing if the mechanism is not returned to its full functionality ”.
