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Topic: Portuguese government is planning lottery with invoice bills (Read 725 times)

legendary
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Yep, I'd say it is to encourage people not to do cash jobs / black money jobs.

Similar to bitcoin, cash can be transacted person to person without oversight, so it still won't stop it.

They can't try to ban cash either.

sr. member
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bluemeanie
I dont think this has anything to do with Bitcoin per se, just tax evasion in general.

Portugal is one of the harder hit areas of the economic crisis.  The P in PIIGS is Portugal.
legendary
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ASMR El Salvador
The Portuguese government has announced a lottery, starting in January, to encourage people to ask for invoice receipt when they buy something.
The invoice bills are numbered and one of them wins a car if the number is the same as the random number extracted. This lottery will be every week: a car given every week to a random invoice ownership.
http://expresso.sapo.pt/-governo-sorteia-carros-para-quem-pedir-fatura=f838856
I suppose the governments are thinking ahead in ways to tax in the future if bitcoin goes mainstream.
I think this will try many people and encourage them to always ask for the receipt.
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