They are always the same motives for which cash transactions suffer, By law, changes of the limits of use: facilitate the traceability of financial transactions to counter the laundering of illicit funds, fight evasion (def. treccani: unlawful conduct with which the taxpayer is intended to counter the tax burden) and tax avoidance (def. treccani: the taxpayer's behavior, while respecting the letter of the tax legislation, It tends to avoid paying tax with negotiating buildings whose sole purpose is to avoid the obligation tax).
Electronic payments. From barter to digital wallets
L'last Stability Law (because over the years there have been "ups and downs"), He raised to 3.000 € the limit for the amount of cash transactions, as well as bank and postal passbooks bearer.
The limit was raised, come on 1.000 € First into force, because the data in the possession of the Italian Government, say that has grown the percentage of subjects “unbanked” ie unrelated to the circuit of qualified intermediaries and do not have no other way to satisfy their consumption needs.
In case were to be breached this limit applies, to those who accept it, a penalty of between 1% and 40% the sums transferred.
The same Stability Law encourages the use of Pos (appropriate equipment that, connected to the cash register, allows payment by credit and debit cards in shops).
For several years now it is legislating on the obligation, for businesses and professionals, of also accept payments made with debit cards through precisely the installation of Pos.
The aforementioned Act provided a decree of the minister of development for the introduction of financial penalties, It extended the obligation also to accept Pos payments by credit cards and the introduction of a sort of Clause protection obligation for cases of "objective technical impossibility".
To date, this decree has not yet been issued.
Alex Gaetani