Marina Mongiardoformer budget councilor of the Giunta Fiorita, cannot be seen as the one who somehow “mortified” the employees of the budget sector for having identified an external company as the necessary tool for the recovery of the IMU not paid by Catanzaro taxpayers in the municipal coffers. Thus, speaking on the declarations of the Action councilor, Gianni Parisiwho had anticipated to the press the revocation of the tender for the assignment of the support service to the Tax Office of the Municipality of Catanzaro in the management of the assessment activity of IMU evasion, the former councilor explains first of all that «the assignment of the aforementioned service was provided for by provisions approved by the City Council and Council, which in turn are based on the mayor’s programmatic lines”. In the event of revocation of the notice, therefore, for Mongiardo there would be a question of illegitimacy to be resolved with respect to the failure to modify the documents on which it is based.
But, administrative issues aside, Mongiardo also reported the data on the recovery of unpaid tax: «From 2018 to 2022, the recovery of IMU evasion by the offices, which previously could also count on a greater number of employees, amounts to a total of 603 thousand euros, with an annual average of 120 thousand euros. Only in 2022, under my leadership, was there an increase in this action, which raises the average annual value, which is always very low compared to the potential for revenue from tax evasion.”
