Area: Finance
Competent authority: MF
EZU URL: .nan
Initiative ID: 4
Initiative accepted and completed: '2011-12-19'
Initiative classified in EZU: .nan
Initiative forwarded in response: '2011-11-21'
Initiative published: '2011-11-21'
Initiative submitted: '2011-11-16'
Response from the competent authority: "With regard to the administrative relief initiative\
  \ received by the Ministry of Finance via the \"minus 25%\" portal of the Ministry\
  \ of Finance, concerning the proposal to abolish cash transactions and to abolish\
  \ or significantly reduce bank charges, and the proposal to introduce a flat-rate\
  \ value added tax of 10% once a year for natural persons and monthly for legal persons,\
  \ we would like to provide the following clarifications.With regard to the proposal\
  \ to restrict cash transactions, we would like to clarify that the Ministry of Finance\
  \ has prepared amendments to the Rules on the Implementation of the Tax Procedure\
  \ Act (the \"Rules\") which will make it impossible to transfer certain payments\
  \ in cash. The new Regulation makes it mandatory to transfer to a transaction account\
  \ all income from employment referred to in Article 37(1) and (2) of the Income\
  \ Tax Act (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia No. 13/11 - Official Consolidation),\
  \ except for pensions, allowances and other income from pension and disability insurance.\
  \ The proposed amendment is aimed at ensuring greater transparency and more effective\
  \ control over the payment of remuneration and the related tax liabilities and social\
  \ security contributions. In addition, the amendment reduces the amount up to which\
  \ payments for goods and services supplied do not have to be transferred to the\
  \ transaction account of a legal or natural person carrying out an activity from\
  \ \u20AC420 to \u20AC50 per payment. This significant reduction in the threshold\
  \ for natural persons and businesses to handle cash will allow for better controls\
  \ as well as more effective tax enforcement. With regard to the proposal concerning\
  \ changes to the charging of value added tax (VAT), we would like to clarify that\
  \ the VAT system in Slovenia must be aligned with the acquis of the European Union.\
  \ The proposed method of collecting VAT is not foreseen in the EU Council Directive\
  \ on VAT and is therefore not acceptable.With regard to the proposal to abolish\
  \ or significantly reduce bank charges, we would like to clarify that it is not\
  \ within the competence of the legislator to regulate the level of bank charges.\
  \ The fee is a matter of the bank's business policy, which is freely determined\
  \ by the individual bank according to market conditions."
Text file: 4.txt
Title: Abolition of cash transactions
URL: https://www.stopbirokraciji.gov.si/pobuda/?st=4
