Given annual receipts of around 150 thousand euros, there would be tax evasion in the city estimated at at least 50 thousand euros . The new tourism councilor Guglielmo Macchiavello does the math on the tourist tax and the negative balance.
The municipal administration then takes action, without any punitive intent or to hunt down the tax evader , but on the contrary to create the conditions for everyone to pay and regularize what is due without incurring sanctions.
"The evasion of the tourist tax – states councilor Macchiavello – is even more serious and harmful behavior towards the community and towards the hospitality companies themselves, as on the one hand it is a tax collected from customers on behalf of the Municipality and therefore not part of the cost of the stay, and on the other because with all these taxes the administration finances interventions in favor of reception".
What strategies do you intend to implement in order to regularize debt situations regarding tourist tax?
«For those who are not yet in compliance - explains the tourism councilor - we offer the possibility of self-declaring this situation to the Municipality under certain conditions. Not having already received assessment and formal notice for this tax and that the declaration of regularity is submitted by 31 December 2023 ".
«Those who comply with the instructions - underlines Macchiavello - will be given the possibility of not incurring, following an investigation, sanctions and penalties. After this deadline, the Municipality will carry out direct checks through the registry of the reception facilities and the comparison with other types of tax and/or service ".
The Confcommercio of Bosa also agrees on the recovery actions that the Municipality is implementing. «It is a duty - states Vincenzo Vadilonga - especially towards those who operate correctly and regularly pay what they collect. Already last year in a meeting between the trade associations and the mayor we made ourselves available to work in harmony with the municipal administration for the creation of a database that allows us to have a precise picture of the situation". «Even for the TARI the situation is similar – adds Vadilonga – as unpaid is passed on to the rest of the citizens».
