In Sardinia, over €80 million in tax credits for the 2025 Single Economic Zone (ZES) risk being left uncovered following the national distribution of resources . This gap could significantly impact investments already made by Sardinian businesses and necessitates immediate intervention by the Sardinia Region.
They say so Confindustria Sardegna, Confapi, CNA and Confartigianat or with an official note to the President of the Region Alessandra Todde, to the Councillor for Industry Emanuele Cani and to the Councillor for Planning Giuseppe Meloni , requesting the activation of a regional co-financing instrument to support the investments made within the scope of the Single ZES 2025.
According to official data from the Revenue Agency, the four confederations highlight, in the eight regions affected by the Single Economic Zone (SEZ), the more than 10,000 validly submitted communications have generated tax credit requests totaling over €3.6 billion, against €2.2 billion in available resources. In Sardinia, businesses have submitted applications totaling more than €200 million, relating to initiatives in various sectors and production areas.
"Due to the failure to fully cover requests," the statement adds, " the Revenue Agency has announced that the percentage of tax credit actually available is currently approximately 60% of the requested amount . This means that a significant portion of the investments made by Sardinian companies will not be eligible for the planned support, resulting in a funding gap estimated at approximately €85 million."
"We're talking about concrete investments, already made by companies in compliance with the rules established by the Single Economic Zone," the trade associations emphasize. "We cannot allow the companies that believed in this tool and in the region's productive revival to be penalized in this way."
And again: "National legislation allows the use of cohesion policy funds also at the regional level. Therefore, the Associations are asking the Region to define a co-financing intervention that will allow Sardinian businesses to obtain coverage of the maximum tax credit rate provided for by the 2025 Single Economic Zone."
For this reason, Confindustria Sardegna, Confapi, CNA, and Confartigianato believe that "action in this direction would be a concrete sign of attention and encouragement for the island's production system and would support key investments in innovation, increased production capacity, and business competitiveness. The SEZ is a strategic tool for the industrial development of Southern Italy and Sardinia: we cannot afford to undermine its benefits."
(Unioneonline/lf)
