Will it be the lethal weapon against evasion? It is not said but the State has decided to try. The "Tax&Vinci", as the new lottery could be called, will put tax receipts in the abacus of fortune. In practice, according to rumors reported by La Repubblica, each receipt will be associated with a number. And a series of periodic drawings will distribute rich prizes to the taxpayers who will be drawn. A raffle in which all those who demand, as right and proper, the release of the tax receipt for the purchase of goods or services will be able to participate: from coffee to the bar, to repairing by the mechanic.
Other countries have already successfully tested the new anti-evasion ploy. The first to start was Taiwan with a "Tax Tombola" launched in 1950. The "banco" pays all the combinations from triple up. Whoever has a receipt in his pocket that reproduces all 8 extracted digits pockets a prize of 10 million local dollars, equivalent to 300 thousand euros. China has copied the initiative and in the regions of the great Chinese continent where they have been adopted, numbered receipts useful for winning the lottery have allowed for tax collection almost 20% higher than those where they do not exist.
In Europe the tax lottery has been adopted by Malta, Slovakia, Portugal. The "Factura da sorte", as the Portuguese raffle is called, rewards the winners with luxury cars. Great success also for the live TV on the extraction.
