(Finance) – “Politics must act to limit the liability of the board of statutory auditors and it can do so by finding benchmarks, such as remuneration. One cannot be held responsible for damages that exceed two, three or four times the remuneration received “.
This is what A asksndrea De Bertoldi, Senator of the Brothers of Italy and member of the Sixth Permanent Finance and Treasury Commission, speaking at the special forum Elections, proposals and objectives to overcome a difficult autumn “promoted by the National Pension Fund for Accountants and Accounting Experts, presied by Luigi Pagliuca.
“I find it incredible that mayors can be prosecuted practically indefinitely for any errors committed during the performance of their role. Different cases must undoubtedly be applied in case of willful misconduct or serious responsibility, but for a human error one cannot ruin the life of a professional”.
“Limiting trade union responsibility – continued Senator De Bertoldi – is undoubtedly a fundamental step if we want to start a real simplification process that must not only affect the Public Administration but also the world of professions. 10 we witnessed to the continuous regulatory complication with a consequent flourishing of registers to which professionals have had to register. Also in this case an act of courage is needed on the part of politics which must make a drastic cut in all the proliferation of registers, skills, new professional figures involved in the management of the courses. Just as one must act decisively in anti-money laundering matters. Let me be clear, the rules are welcome but they must be clear and simple. Complicating the life of banks and the world of professions, burdening them with complications and excessive responsibilities is absolutely counterproductive. These are, in my view, the essential rules from which the next legislature will have to start again “.
“The necessary reform of the tax process came into effect today, but our category wonders if it will be enough to break down the times of justice. We know that the average time between the filing of the appeals and the closure of the proceedings is still titanic, that is, more than 650 days for the first degree and more than a thousand days for the second degree. We hope that Parliament will intervene with further corrections, “he says Giovanni Battista Calì (president of the Order of Accountants and Accounting Experts of Rome).
She also spoke out for the needs of accountants Marcella Caradonna (number one of the Odcec of Milan): “The relaunch of the country passes from the enhancement of our profession which can undoubtedly be started with the application of automatic mechanisms for the inclusion in the category registers of individual professionals following an assessment of the competences that also derives from the studies carried out over the years. Alongside this, a reform must be initiated that limits the responsibilities, currently excessive, on the part of the supervisory bodies “.
M.arc Cuchel (president of the National Accountants Association), focused attention on the direct sanctions against professionals “On this issue we note an anomaly, I believe all of Italy, that is the impossibility of ensuring direct sanctions in the tax field. both an issue that the next legislature will have to address as a priority in order to increase the level of protection for professionals and also for taxpayers “.
He also discussed the issue of tributes Luca Asvisio (president of the Odcec of Turin), focusing on the flat tax “which is presented by many parties as a panacea for all ills, but, in our opinion, the extension of this instrument must be evaluated in all its aspects. A non-commensurate expansion of the audience that can adhere to the flat tax could create serious problems for the state coffers ”.
Of uncollected credits and the tax warehouse of the Revenue Agency spoke Enrico Terzani (president of the chartered accountants and accounting experts of Florence): “Most of these credits date back to 10 or even 15 years ago and many of these have now become bad debts. Nobody, in this historical phase, asks for a tax amnesty but goes legislative action is envisaged that will allow taxpayers to repay previous debts and at the same time, with the cancellation of bad debts, the emptying of the tax warehouse of the Revenue Agency “.
The conclusions of the special forum were entrusted to Paolo Longoni (director of the CNPR) who asked for a decisive intervention on the patrimonial responsibility of the supervisory bodies “This is an issue that sooner or later will have to be addressed in a multidisciplinary manner, listening to all sources and interested parties, and no longer only from commissions that prepare bills composed only of elements of the judiciary. On this point we expect a turning point “.