(ANSA) - TURIN, 02 JUN - "The prison sentence for those who do not pay taxes has never convinced me. I prefer to put the tax evader in prison so that the business fails or have him work until he repays the community? There are 19 million people who they do not pay taxes. We have identified them, but who should put them all in the cell? ".
This was stated by Ernesto Maria Ruffini, director of the Revenue Agency, who presented his book 'Uguali perCostituzione.
Story of an unfinished utopia from 1948 to today ", Feltrinelli's acura.
" My ideal system is one in which citizens know that whoever does not pay is intercepted and the action is punished by making them pay.
Who is then so self-defeating as to escape? "Ruffini affirmed.
On the pre-compiled letter Ruffini added: "I don't have the updated data, but that's okay. Every year we have surprises of how citizens become familiar with this tool".
Next steps?
"We are already pre-compiling the registers of commercial subjects, the pre-compiled VAT will start next year. Every year, every month we are grappling with the new systems.
We also see which tools the legislator allows us to use", he explained.
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