000 number which continues to get growing

The taxation departments direct, brutally relieved in 2002, after two consecutive years of decline, seems engaged in an irresistible ascent. Rates come vote 96 general advice of Metropolis are indeed an average increase of 5 is still a good half percentage point more than in 2005. The trend is quite massive: they are more than 17 departments, against 24 year last, playing stability.

"This means that General Councils are now being pushed to increase their fiscal", explained the experts of the Observatory SSS of the Forum for the management of cities and local authorities. The "cake" of decentralisation, with the largest share returned to these communities, is very difficult to digest. The RMI (minimum integration income), moved to January 1, 2004, goes badly. While the number of recipients continues to increase ( 4.7 last year), the financial compensation of the State (EUR 4.9 billion) is not dynamic. This recipe, entirely for a share of the internal tax on petroleum products (TIPP), is back this year by 1.7, in the light of the analysis which engaged SSS-Forum on 53 departmental budgets. At the same time, their RMI spending will rise by 6.4.

Decentralization is also starting to impact personnel costs, an increase of 8.5 on this sample (6.5 in 2005). In respect of the transfer of 45.000 agents technical, workers and service colleges (TOS), which the process will take place over two years, the departments pay, since January 1, the contractors, contractors and assisted jobs performing this function. The corresponding expenditure is compensated by the State through the transfer of part of the special tax on insurance agreements (TSCA).

Recipe of the rights of transfer

Other operating expenses increased. Studied general advice thus entered a forecast of expenditure increased by 7.7 to allocate personalized autonomy (APA). It is as much in 2005. However, at the same time, they expect a recipe up only 2 from the National Fund of solidarity for autonomy (CNSA). This organization contributes to the funding of a device that, in 2004, has cost some 4.6 billion euros and today more recipients 938.000, number which continues to get growing.

Spending for social action, first area of intervention of the departments, are also drawn upward by the Act of February 11, 2005, establishing a compensatory allowance of disability (PCH) and the creation of houses of disability. Even co-funded in the amount of EUR 500 million by the CNSA, this device, 1.1 billion EUR will be financially heavy to wear for general advice. Within five years, its costs could reach 2 billion euros, according to the evaluations that had been set last year the Assembly of the departments of France (ADF).

These loads, only still really dynamic revenue are those from rights of mutation. Dynamism of the real estate market helping, generated by this indirect tax receipts are up 12.8 this year, but lower sales than ( 16.1), 2005. On this chapter, the Department of Alpes-Maritimes (read below), the last with Paris, the Orne and the Val - d'Oise to maintain unchanged tax rates since 2001, is particularly well his pin of the game.

Despite all these con winds.

traires, the investment that mobilizes an average 29 of their budgets, is not left aside: it rose by 5.8 excluding debt repayment. The effort however is less important than last year ( 7.1). Above all, it is more benefit to other communities, including the Commons: the equipment assistance grants pass increased from 7.4 to 5.