17.09.2014, 13:41 clock | dpa-AFX
BERLIN (dpa-AFX) – Whether kindergartens, day schools or street lights: Citizens of most municipalities in Germany must continue to dig deeper into their pockets and be prepared for power cuts. According to a study presented in Berlin on Wednesday the consultants Ernst & amp; young three-quarters of the cities and municipalities want to increase taxes and fees in the next two years. Because of financial distress plane every third municipality, due benefits or cancel – such as street lighting, libraries or at the childcare and eldercare
“The fees screw is always tightened further and.. there is no end in sight, “said Ernst & amp; young expert Hans-Peter Busson. From the good economic development long ago might not benefit all communities. On the contrary: In any case, cash-strapped municipalities fell deeper and deeper into debt: “The two-class society (…) solidifies, financially strong and -schwache cities are drifting further and further apart.”
Wealthy municipalities could with attractive offers to companies setting up advertise and newcomers. On the other hand, the number is growing financially weak municipalities, which would reduce their services further and lose due to lack of attractiveness in the competition ground. “The gap between rich and poor communities is widening – not change the record tax revenues nothing because the extra money comes mainly at the wealthy municipalities to.” Said Busson
The municipalities themselves had announced at the end of June. that, thanks to lighter budget surpluses in the coming years will total less turn the screw fees. According to a survey of local authority associations were assumed in this year with a mini-plus of 0.2 percent of “an interruption in the increase in charges”. For the following years until 2017 was expected to increase by up to 1.1 percent as of Cities, Districts and Towns and Municipalities mitt hurried back then.
The associations were last on the assumption that in this, the surplus whole would decrease slightly the municipal budgets to 1.5 billion euros and 2015 thanks to the Federal assistance to get back on two 2,000,000,000. The plus would be 2016 and 2017 reduce by 500 million and 250 million euros. 2013 reported the municipalities from a surplus of 1.7 billion euros
The Ernst & Announcements. Young’s survey, cemetery fees at 27 percent of the cities and municipalities are expected to rise. Fees for daycare centers or day schools would increase 25 per cent of the municipalities. 21 percent planned in the next two years to increase the property tax assessment rate, the dog tax should rise to 13 percent of the municipalities. Wanted to save the communities especially in street lighting (18 percent), youth and senior citizens (7 percent) and at libraries and cultural institutions (4 percent).
That the Treasurer rather on tax and fee increases set as on austerity measures, according to estimates by Busson also has political reasons: “The closure of the indoor pool or the library has many citizens to the barricades, an increase in the dog license or cemetery fees, however, is usually easy to implement – but also brings much less one.”
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