The waste tax in Rome is more than twice as high as in Milan, not to mention that the collection leaks everywhere and pushes Capitoline businessmen to flee. Confartigianato Roma calculated how much this cost affects, on average, the productive activities of Rome and how much, instead, those of Milan; The results speak for themselves. Meanwhile, the cost of waste weighing on companies in the capital in general is around 341 million per year with an average of around 11 euros per square meter.
In Milan the total cost is 138 million with an average of around 4.6 euros per square meter. Going into the specifics of the type of activity, if we take, for example, a car repair company, it pays 5.15 euros of tax in Milan alone against 9.61 in Rome; a manufacturing company 4.20 against 9.60; a hairdresser 5.20 against 10.80. And again a bar 17.24 against 34.12 and finally a non-food establishment 4.70 against 13.49 that a Roman restaurant must “endure”. “The difference – explains the president of Confartigianato Roma, Andrea Rotondo – is due to the higher cost of the service, determined by structural factors, but above all to the incomprehensible division between the costs of domestic utilities (families) and those of activities “.
Roma Capitale charges companies 56% of the overall cost of the Ama service and 44% for domestic users. The municipality of Milan, with a business structure similar to that of Rome, is almost the opposite. Domestic users represented 53.42% of the cost of the service (9 points more than Rome) and 46.58% for companies (9.4 points less). The tariff cost for domestic users is 27% higher in Rome than in Milan (210 against 275 euros per user), while for companies the cost is 100% higher. In addition, Rome is affected by evasion and evasion which can be quantified, according to the trade association, at around 15% for companies and even higher percentages for domestic workers.
Source: IL Tempo
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