«Via norms pro evasione»- Corriere.it

The rejection by the Bank of Italy of some of the measures included in the 2023 Budget law: from the initiatives regarding payments, through the changes to the Flat tax, up to the reform and consequent abolition of the Citizenship Income has aroused strong reactions from part of the opposition who reiterates some of the criticisms that have already emerged in recent days. And the immediate reply of the majority with Francesco Filini, deputy of the Brothers of Italy and member of the Finance commission, who accuses Bankitalia of being owned by banks for which electronic money represents an important turnover. The position taken by Bank of Italy on the liberalization of the use of the POS introduced by the government in the Budget law is not surprising – said Filini -: electronic money is not legal tender, a private currency offered as a paid service by the banking and financial circuit and represents a very important turnover for the banks. therefore it is quite obvious that Bankitalia, an entity owned by the banks themselves, supports it.

Meloni: The threshold can be less than 60 euros

The two measures regarding the use of cash continue to be the most debated among those contained in the planning document. Yesterday Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni argued that the more you lower the ceiling on cash, the more you favor tax evasion. While you on the Pos you added: The threshold can be less than 60 euros. The increase in the minimum expenditure beyond which fines are triggered for merchants who refuse to use the Pos in the first drafts of the Maneuver was 30 euros. In the final text, it rose to 60. But now, according to the statements of the Prime Minister, new figures are being evaluated. However, the leader of FdI claims the ratio of a rule designed to protect traders from bank commissions.

Pd and M5S: Via pro-evasion rules

The opposition calls for the removal of the measure on the Pos as well as the one that plans to raise the ceiling on cash. After the Court of Auditors, the Bank of Italy also rejects the rules of the budget law on POS and cash. Rightly. They favor evasion, complicate life for the many Italians who use electronic money and put the Pnrr at risk. The government takes them out of the way, attacks Antonio Misiani, head of economy and finance in the National Secretariat of the Democratic Party, on Twitter. Today even the Bank of Italy, after the Court of Auditors and Confindustria, rejects the manoeuvre. Citizenship income is canceled and citizenship evasion is introduced, said M5S leader Giuseppe Conte.

Unc: Norma on the Pas harms traders

Consumer associations also criticize the rule on the Pos, according to which the measure of the Maneuver would also damage the traders it seeks to protect as well as customers. The government on the Pos doesn’t even realize that it’s doing serious damage to traders. Payment with the Pos is much faster than cash, since the merchant does not have to give change, not to mention that today contactless payments exist, very fast, but you avoid cash shortages, you do not receive counterfeit banknotes, in the event of a robbery have less cash in hand, you don’t have to go dangerously to the bank to deposit the day’s collection, with the risk of theft and robbery, as well as wasting time queuing at the branch, perhaps even just to get the coins for the rest. In short, those who pay in cash actually break, says Massimiliano Dona, president of the National Consumer Union.