The Senate meeting has approved the postponement to 30 June of the obligation to install Pos equipment in businesses and professional studios with a turnover exceeding 200 thousand euros. Thus the deadline set for March 28 by the ministerial decree published in the Official Gazette last Monday has been postponed by just over three months.
The mini-postponement, which aligns the deadline for large studios with that already envisaged for all studios and shops, is the result of a compromise between the Senate and the Government. In the constitutional affairs commission, the senators had voted for a longer extension, until next year, but with the opposite opinion of the government. In the Chamber, the Government accepted the postponement, but on condition that it be limited to next 30 June.
Inserted in the bill converting the decree law 150/13, the so-called Milleproroghe, the mini-postponement will now have to face the examination of the Chamber. The ratification of the measure must take place by 28 February.
The measure also includes the rule that definitively establishes the equivalence of the requirements for registration in the Register of chartered accountants and accounting experts with those necessary for access to the Register of statutory auditors.
Therefore, if the law is confirmed by the Chamber, equivalence will become permanent, even after the entry into force of the regulation implementing the new requirements for registration in the Register of Auditors. The only necessary condition for chartered accountants is the completion of the training period, which is 36 months for auditors, while for accountants it is only 18. In practice, once they have been registered in their Register, accountants will simply wait for the completion of the three years of internship to automatically enter the statutory auditors.
