(Finance) – Un amendment to the of Ukraine bis approved by the Senate Industry and Finance committees, it provides for a new tightening on building bonuses. From 1 July 2023, in fact, to benefit from bonus buildings for works over 516 thousand euros, it will be necessary to turn to companies that have the SOA certification, until now necessary for companies to be able to participate in public tenders. A measure that has alarmed the small businesses.
“The Parliament assumes the serious responsibility of excluding about 80% of micro and small businesses from the building redevelopment market by introducing new and incomprehensible bureaucratic barriers “, they explained Confartigianato And Cna. “We are strongly opposed to the introduction of the obligation of SOA qualification for companies that carry out works related to building bonuses”, underlined in a note CNA, the National Confederation of Crafts and Small and Medium Enterprises, commenting on some amendments presented by several parliamentary groups and reported as priorities to the Ukraine Decree being examined by the Senate which envisage the extension of the scope of application of SOAs. “It would be in obvious contradiction with the orientation of simplify the procedures and reduce the obligations to be borne by companies repeatedly reaffirmed by the Government and Parliament “.
“The only concrete effects of extending the SOA qualification are jeopardizing the recovery of the sector of buildings excluding about 80% of companies from the construction work market, higher costs for companies, the increase in turnover for companies authorized to issue SOAs, penalize citizen-customers “, underlined the Confederation that further complains how the continuous changes to the functioning of building bonuses have paralyzed the market, “as evidenced by the recent interventions on criteria and methods for the assignment of credits.” mechanisms fundamentals of the free market, introducing ex-law a serious and dangerous restriction of the offer in the real estate redevelopment market.
“Experience shows that SOAs in no way represent a system capable of guaranteeing the qualification of companies, much less that for the interventions carried out on buildings, and it is absolutely not the tool to stem episodes of fraud and cheating “, finally highlighted the Confederation, urging the Government and Parliament not to extend the requirement for SOA qualification.