It will be easier to regularize “partial” building defects, which also includes greater construction tolerances than in the past, but nothing changes for the most serious building abuses, those carried out in the absence or in “total non-conformity”. Matteo Salvini’s Save Home decree arrives on the table of the Council of Ministers today, three articles, and a little lighter than what was expected on the eve of it, while the “income meter” case, which has kept the majority in fibrillation, is moving towards a solution.
The discipline of “double conformity”
As announced, the Salvini decree modifies, but only for less serious abuses, the regulation of “double conformity” of building works with the current legislation and that of when they were built, which today prevents, in many cases, amnesty. Partial discrepancies can be remedied certifying compliance with the urban planning regulations currently in force (at the time of submission of the application) and compliance with the building requirements of the time. The double requirement of urban planning compliance (height, volume, shape, elevations) and construction (for example anti-seismic) it is maintained for interventions carried out in the absence or total discrepancy from the title.
The limit for tolerances rises up to 5%
Mild abuse also includes greater manufacturing tolerances relating to heights, surfaces, openings. Until now they were 2%. That limit remains for real estate units larger than 500 square meters, and progressively rises to 5% for those under 100 square meters. Furthermore, interventions carried out by 24 May 2024 that fall within the new limits will not be subject to landscape authorization (for which the tolerance remains 2%). The “free building” works are expanded to include verandas, internal porches and heat pumpsexecutable without any qualification, the change of intended use is simplified, and the maintenance of temporary structures built for health, welfare and educational purposes during Covid is allowed.
The reactivation of the income meter is suspended
In the Council of Ministers tomorrow, the income meter is also on the agenda. As agreed with the prime minister the deputy minister of Economy, Maurizio Leo, yesterday signed an act of direction to suspend its reactivation, foreseen by his decree of 7 May. The income meter is moving towards a profound reform, but not towards abolition, as Forza Italia continues to ask. In view, we read in Leo’s provision, there is the modification of the ’73 rule which introduces the income meter, concentrating its use on cases of failure to declare income, therefore narrowing the current scope of application, and upon exceeding certain thresholds of expense.
Deductions for 10 years
Yesterday, meanwhile, the final green light from Parliament also arrived for the Superbonus decree which blocks the invoice discount, the transfer of credits and, in the government’s intentions, the haemorrhaging of the public accounts. The law establishes the duration of the new tax deductions linked to construction works as ten years, and prevents the banks that purchased the credits from compensating us for the employees’ social security contributions.
