The 200 euro bonus is ready to reach the pockets of 900 thousand Sardinians. The contribution established by the Government to offset the disastrous effects of inflation will in fact be automatically credited to taxpayers with gross incomes of less than 35 thousand euros, in the pay slips and in the July slips of employees and retirees. Ditto for the beneficiaries of Citizenship Income who will see an increase in the allowance of the same month. A completely different story, on the other hand, will concern the large audience of self-employed and seasonal workers, operators from the entertainment world, cleaners or carers, for whom the payment date has not yet been set.

Unknown bureaucracy

The specter of a cumbersome bureaucracy looms over the distribution of approximately € 6.5 billion to over 31 million Italians, which risks generating delays in the disbursement of aid to those without monthly salaries or pensions, even if in reality the tasks for the employers will not fail. The decree in fact provides that the latter must automatically recognize the bonus, but only after the employee has issued a self-certification in which he declares that he has not collected the bonus for any other reason (in the case of a pensioner or recipient of the Citizenship Income) .

Special cases

Understanding whether or not you are entitled to support is not easy for everyone to understand. Domestic workers, for example, will not receive the bonus from the families in which they work, but from the INPS, even by applying to the patronates. On the contrary, for tourism, entertainment and sports professionals, the 200 euros will be automatic only if the workers have received the allowances provided for by the Covid credits. Those who work intermittently, on the other hand, must submit an application to INPS and prove that they have performed the service for at least 50 days. Show workers, enrolled in the Entertainment Workers Pension Fund, who paid at least 50 daily contributions in 2021, will also have to contact INPS. Finally, it should be pointed out that in the calculation of the total income, in all probability, income of any kind will be taken into account, excluding from the calculation the first home, severance pay, family allowances and single allowance for children.

Forecasts

Paolo Matta, regional manager of patronages of the CGIL, is still waiting for the circular that defines the times and methods of payment for all beneficiaries: "But I already foresee a boom in requests - he says - especially requests from seasonal workers, which abound in Sardinia and who however, they will have to prove that they have been employed since May 18th to access the benefit. The same goes for home helps and carers, who, having no withholding agent, will receive the bonus directly from INPS ".

Luca Mascia

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