Anyone who thinks they've already paid too much this year had better get ready, because in 2015 the Tasi could become much more expensive. The risk is linked to the fate of the "local tax", which in the Government's intentions should have been unified starting next year the Imu and the tax on indivisible services, but which will probably not be able to find space in the new Stability law.
If the long-awaited single levy is postponed to 2016, a problem will arise on the levy front Tasi rates. The system currently in force provides that the Municipalities cannot impose a threshold higher than 3,3 per thousand on the main residence (a further increase up to 2,5 per thousand can be added to the ceiling of 0,8 per thousand, but only if the additional revenue is used to finance deductions). However, this maximum limit is valid only for 2014, while from 2015 the bar could rise up to 6 per thousand.
"In the light of the fact that the average Tasi rate applied this year was 2,3 per thousand - writes the Cgia of Mestre -, any increase to 6 per thousand would cause the revenue referring to an A2 dwelling to 242 euros paid in 2014 to 631 euros to be paid in 2015 (variation + 160 %). For an A3, on the other hand, it would go from 134 euros this year to 424 euros to be paid within next year (variation + 216 %). "
With similar increases, the revenue from Tasi 2015 could reach 10 billion euros. It is obvious that not all Municipalities would reach 6 per thousand, but the increases would certainly be widespread (the Municipality of Bologna, for example, has already approved a rate of 4,3 per thousand in 2015).
To solve the problem, the Government could repeat the scheme of maximum limits for next year. The current rate system, however, was funded in 2014 with 625 million of state aid to the Municipalities, resources impossible to budget even in 2015. And the president of Anci, Piero Fassino, has already clarified that "a simple extension of the current limits would be unsustainable" for the municipal coffers.
