Question 21559 — overseas

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Mrs. Manuéla Kéclard-Mondésir draws the attention of the Minister for Overseas Territories to the collapse of the fiscal resources of the overseas chambers of trades and crafts, and in particular that of Martinique. The CMA budget is essentially based on the tax for chamber of trades fees collected from craft businesses registered in the trades directory. According to the finance law for 2018, companies making less than 5,000 euros of turnover are, from 2019, exempt from the business property tax and, consequently, from the additional tax paid for fees for chambers of trade and crafts. These measures have an impact on the already constrained budget of the CMAs, or even, as with the CMA of Martinique, directly call into question their existence. Indeed, given the specificity of the economic fabric of Martinique, this This measure will cause a loss of around 350,000 euros at the end of this year, or nearly 25% of the budget of the CMA of Martinique, 27% for the CMA of Guadeloupe, and 39% of that of the CMA of Guyana. This impact is very much higher than that of the average for mainland CMAs, which is around 8% to 10% of their budget. Paradoxically, the impact is heavier where youth unemployment is higher and would, on the contrary, call for a real training and apprenticeship policy. This situation is all the more damaging for overseas CMAs as the legislator has provided, for municipalities and EPCIs with their own taxation, compensation for losses from the minimum business property tax exemption, but has not provided anything for overseas CMAs affected by this same phenomenon. This is why she asks her if she is considering compensatory measures to short notice for overseas CMAs.

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