It’s rare enough to report it: majority and opposition agreed on this point, this Thursday, February 3, to vote on a common motion. The elect will launch an investigation into a significant community shortfall. It is the CVAE (the contribution on the added value of companies, what was previously called the professional tax) which is in sharp decline.
The community recorded a decrease of 700,000 euros compared to last year. It went from 7.9 million to 7.2 million euros. The shortfall even amounts to ten million euros over the last five years.
A proof of the defiance of elected officials
And the main company involved is General Electric. Is the company guilty of illegal relocations? The unions have been saying this for a long time. Elected officials want to be clear about it. They will therefore entrust the file to a research firm.
– Jean Michel Nagat
The president of Greater Belfort, Damien Meslot, intends to go through with the procedure. “If things are not in accordance with French law, we will take legal action, he said. It seems perfectly normal to us.” The contribution on the added value of companies is indeed a very important tax for the development of municipalities.
– Jean Michel Nagat
The idea of this motion comes from the main opposition of Greater Belfort, the Left and the ecologists of the list “In common for Belfort”. For its leader, Mathilde Regnaud, things are very clear. General Electric is primarily responsible for this situation. “GE has not respected its commitments on the Belfort site, with cascading job cuts, she says, and _the community knows it can no longer count on GE. This company must respect its commitments and pay its taxes._“