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DEC. JAN. 2020 III “The shared need to give concrete answers in the fight against tax evasion - adds the Director - can and must be an opportunity for a modernization of the premises, but we must give time to all managers to equip themselves with electronic devices that allow one to automatically acquire tax codes, without having to type them by hand. Otherwise, chaos will arise at the start of the campaign. Anyone, in fact, even after only having had a coffee at the bar, can request to participate in the receipts campaign. Think of the confusion that would arise during peak hours in the morning if the managers of the premises were forced to enter by hand the tax codes of each customer. The systems currently present in most bars, in fact, not only require you to manually enter the tax codes, but they are not even able to memorise them. This means that each customer should provide their own document for each individual purchase in the same premises. This is an unsustainable complication for both operators and consumers. Therefore, an extension of at least six months for the start of the entire project is not only desirable, but necessary. We hope that in Parliament they can reach the broadest possible agreement on this point. Assobibe: don’t call it a sugar tax, this tax only affects certain drinks From the reading of the text of the 2020 Budget measure approved in the Senate emerges the content of the beverage tax, after months of statements to the press by government representatives who continue to justify it as a solution for health. But the text actually approved by the Council of Ministers denies this reading according to Assobibe, the association of Confindustria of companies that produce and sell soft drinks in Italy. The tax, the association stressed, does not concern the consumption of sugar in Italy, nor that of food and sweet drinks. Therefore, “let’s no longer improperly call it the ‘sugar tax’: it is instead a tax of 10 cents/ litre only for some sweet drinks, such as orangeades, quinotti, cedar, gas, colas, non-alcoholic aperitifs and other non-alcoholic products.” “Confirming the inconsistencies inherent in the proposal - adds David Dabiankov, Director General of Assobibe - the Government’s intention is to tax also the versions without sugar and calories that use sweeteners. In this way, the activities of the companies carried out with the Ministry of Health, which led to the innovation of the products, are rendered irrelevant, an increase of 41% in the supply ‘without sugar and calories’ and a 20% cut in the sugar sold through soft drinks in recent years. It is useful to remember that the confused tax aims to affect the work of companies that operate in Italy and which have suffered a drop in sales of 25% in the last 10 years: small, medium and large companies that employ a supply chain of 80,000 people and with 100 production plants spread throughout the country. The consequences of the tax on ‘sweetness’ decided by the Government can be estimated at a volume decrease of 10% and a consequent loss of 4,700 jobs. A bitter pill for the entire industrial chain,” concludes Dabiankov. Not only bamboo, the Italian agri-food industry arrives in Chinese restaurants Chinese catering in Italy is increasingly focusing on the use of national agricultural and food and wine products. With the aim of relaunching and enhancing oriental dishes with the entry into the kitchen of ingredients and typical Italian products, the “High Quality” initiative was presented, at the base of the memorandum of understanding signed in Rome by Cia-Agricoltori Italiani, Han-Ita (Italian-Chinese Association for social and cultural promotion) and Acrs (Chinese Cultural Association of the catering sector in Northern Italy). The agreement was signed by the presidents of the three organisations, Dino Scanavino, Yuting Yang and Zhou Xiaobin. The aim of this agreement - they explain - is, on the one hand, to consolidate and enhance knowledge of the excellent agricultural and food products, wines and fruit and vegetables of the Italian territory and its typical quality products, and, on the other, to promote and spread the culture of Chinese cuisine. The wider and longer-term objective, on the other hand - the three organizations highlight - is to support an increasingly strong exchange between China and Italy, to network, encourage sharing and the value of business development as well as possible cultural, commercial and service exchanges, facilitating the meeting between different skills and professionalism. The first concrete stage of the agreement will be the 1st edition of the International Meeting of Italian-Chinese Cultures, scheduled in Milan in 2020, with the awarding of the “Only High Quality” label to restaurateurs participating in the initiative. A charter of bresaola in the menu. This is the invitation of the IGP Consortium