Revenue Agency, "Whoever has an account in this Bank pays us 150 thousand euros": and yet it was the most used by Italians

It is the most used bank by Italians, but anyone who has an account here, as warned by the Revenue Agency, pays 150 thousand euros.

There are truly many Italians who in recent years have found themselves faced with a rather severe fiscal reality, certainly much more than they expected. As is now known, the Revenue Agency has significantly intensified controls on foreign accounts, bringing to light a truly very significant amount of violations.

In short, there are quite a few people who have literally ended up in trouble because of some choices that have turned out to be nothing short of failures.

In recent years, sanctions have been imposed on several fronts, with Italians having to deal with checks and sanctions, often quite severe .

According to the latest rumors, some citizens would have even been asked to pay 150 thousand euros in fines, news that has hit very hard and that in particular, would have affected the account holders of a specific bank.

The foreign account and the risk that many ignored

There are so many ads asking Italian citizens to pay attention to the bank accounts they open, so much so that many are almost afraid of managing their money. If Italian banks are no longer as safe as they once were, then they fall back on institutions based abroad, but even in this case, the tax authorities are inundated with checks. Opening an account abroad is obviously not illegal, but Italian law requires that you declare such accounts if you do not want to risk receiving significant sanctions.

The problem would therefore arise when the taxpayer omits such reports from the declaration and therefore, during the inspection, these current accounts become known. Heavy sanctions would be imposed if all this were discovered and in that case the inspections would truly be the order of the day.

Here's the bank at the center of the storm

Many Italians are either unaware of the obligations that come with having a foreign bank account or pretend not to know. There are some who have opened accounts abroad for family reasons, frequent travel and convenience, but the tax authorities end up hitting them quite severely. Recent checks launched by PostFinance, the Swiss bank controlled by Poste Svizzere, have shown how many Italians, especially those living in the north, had chosen this bank for its reliability, but also for its low costs and the ease with which one could open an account, even without residency in Switzerland.

Penalties range from 3% to 30%, in addition to any taxes on undeclared interest, with amounts that in the most serious cases can reach up to €150,000.