With the tax delegation "we are moving towards the elimination of the receipt, in the logic of total electronic traceability". Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said it today in Rome, speaking at the "Digital champions" initiative at the Temple of Hadrian.
“The tax delegation is radically changing the approach of the Revenue Agency – argued the Prime Minister -. I who am considered a great communicator, and it is not true, I have not been able to communicate it. It is no longer the vulture perched on your shoulders that pecks at you, but a consultant”.
THE DEF
In the report to theupdate of the Economic and Financial Document presented at the beginning of October, the Government had anticipated its intention to renounce receipts and tax receipts, now insufficient tools to combat evasion and technically superseded by the traceability of electronic payments.
THE REVENUE AGENCY
An address also confirmed by the new director general of the Revenue Agency, Rossella Orlandi: "In perspective - the number one of the tax authorities said at the beginning of the month - the implementation of complete traceability will lead to the abandonment of some tools that are ineffective, such as taxes and tax receipts, with lower charges for businesses and the progressive abandonment of massive controls on the territory by the financial administration".
Not only. According to Orlandi, "it is a priority to encourage the use of traceable tools in every area, with particular attention precisely to the activities that address the final consumer", also to strengthen "the functions of selecting taxpayers to be subjected to control on the basis of significant indexes of greater risk of evasion".
THE (FOR NOW) IGNORED OBLIGATION OF POS
In reality, a must it already exists: since last July 30, all merchants, professionals and businesses must have a Pos terminal to allow customers to pay amounts exceeding XNUMX euros by credit card, prepaid card or debit card. The problem is that the vast majority of interested parties candidly ignored the new rule, as no fines or sanctions are foreseen. To fill this gap – but also to introduce incentives – the Treasury has set up a working table with the Bank of Italy, ABI, the Bancomat Consortium, Aiip (Italian Association of Payment and Electronic Money Institutions) and the Visa and Mastercard operators.
