“Abolish the obligation for companies to possess SOA certification to operate in the building bonus market”. This is what, through a letter, Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna asked the Sardinian parliamentarians to reiterate the alarm for the continuous changes to the rules on building incentives that risk permanently blocking the redevelopment works of buildings and cutting them out of the market beyond 90% of companies .
To complicate an already intricate legislative framework, a few weeks ago came the rule of the "Price Cut" decree which requires, even for companies that operate in subcontracting, the possession of SOA certificates , that is the qualification certificate for participation to tenders for the execution of public works contracts, for works that give the right to building deductions of an amount exceeding 516 thousand euros.
RISKS - “If the law is approved, it will come into force in eight months but will only allow those who already work to work”, comments Maria Amelia Lai, President of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna . "If we take into account that out of 28 thousand Sardinian construction companies, less than 2,300 have SOA certification - continues Lai - including those of restoration, we can understand the damage that is going to be done to the market. And if we take into account that the average amount of works in condominiums in Sardinia is 849 thousand euros, the very serious risk is that all businesses , artisans and not, which today work with renovations with works beyond the threshold will be unable to work ".
"The paradox - continues Lai - is that instead of facilitating the bonus process, especially the 110% superbonus, for businesses and citizens already struggling with a jumble of price increases, bureaucracy and difficulties in credit transfers, the government pulls out the 'yet another' rabbit in the hat 'which further penalizes the entire sector, with obvious repercussions on customers and the supply chain ”.
