- Recent Legislative Decree 87/2024 introduced a mitigation of responsibility for tax offenses in case of liquidity crisis
- Conducts are not punishable if they are due to causes not attributable to the author and related to the inability to collect credits or pay VAT
- Court of Cassation annulled the conviction of a legal representative for failure to pay VAT, considering the new legislative provision
- The legislature adopted a more lenient interpretation compared to previous strict jurisprudence
- Previous rulings stated that issuing an invoice before receiving payment obligates the taxpayer to pay the tax regardless of payment, and cannot be used as a defense
Source: eutekne.info
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