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October 22, 2019 Luigi Di Maio and the five stars can be satisfied: the maneuver approved only a week ago in the Council of Ministers changes, the prison for tax evaders is formalized and the rules on credit cards and pos are postponed. At the end of a week of controversy, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte first signed a truce with Luigi Di Maio; then, with the Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri, he met the majority delegations one by one; finally, after two and a half hours at the top of the majority, it reaches a square on the still open nodes.

Both the lowering of the cash ceiling and the fines for those who do not allow to pay with pos have been postponed to July 2020, pending an agreement on the drop in the costs of credit card fees and the creation of an IT platform to merge all the data useful for the anti-evasion package.

There is also the agreement on the escalation of the prison for the evaders and on the confiscation due to disproportion, on the model of the one that applies to the mafia. Prison is expected from 4 to 8 years for those who evade more than 100 thousand euros. The squeeze, which immediately enters the text of the fiscal decree, will be in force only after the conversion into law by the Parliament. Therefore the last word on the prison for the evaders is not yet said, Dario Franceschini clearly says: "the parliament will be able to deepen all the effects and the consequences". The minister Alfonso Bonafede affirms however not to fear modifications and Di Maio celebrates the agreement on the standard of flag of the M5s: "finally we touch the untouchables!".

Then there is the "bonus of the Epiphany" wanted by the premier. It will arrive in January 2021, but will reward only the expenses made with cards and debit cards starting from July 2020. The available resources - explain from Palazzo Chigi - remain 3 billion, which would translate into a bonus between 300 and 500 euros for expenses carried out in a series of commercial activities or services yet to be defined. Government sources explain that it is necessary to create an IT system able to collect the data of the various credit card circuits and calculate how much the cardholder will see going back through the cashback system.

In addition to the budget law, which is anything but closed, there are still important differences in the majority, in particular on what to do with the flat tax for VAT. Most tensions are announced. At the end of the long summit last night, all the allies of the M5s: Pd and Leu and Iv found themselves united by dissatisfaction.