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APR. MAY. 2021 XI in force throughout Italy, to cater for employees. So we’re talking about something like this? Yes, they ran an authorised canteen service. Depending on the gatherings, exceptions are needed. Can it also be done at dinner? There are no time constraints, the important thing is that meals are provided for employees. Can agreements only be made with one company, or can customers from different companies sit in the same room? What is the ratio? Even different ones, but with agreed contracts. In the event of an inspection, the caterer must show the contracts and the list of people who benefit from the service. How and where should the agreement be registered? It is a private law contract without a specialisation agreement. Why has this exemption not been publicised? Is there perhaps a risk that if it had been made more public it would somehow have been misunderstood and blocked? We at Ascom Bergamo have publicised the matter in our province, in the Bergamo area. Unfortunately, restaurants in historic town centres without nearby offices cannot provide a canteen service. DIRECT EXPERIENCES Aliosha Foglieni is the manager of the restaurant Ol Giopì e La Margì in Bergamo, whose losses due to restrictions amount to more than 350,000 euros. Foglieni and his staff are reorganising for tomorrow, even though ‘working at lunchtime thanks to the exemption is a bit like being in the white zone’. Dr Foglieni, how did you find out about this? As early as last November, we knew that some restaurateurs were working. Initially, it was just a rumour, so we got in touch with Ascom Bergamo to find out more. When did you start working as a canteen? After getting informed, last February, so a couple of weeks before the service. We wanted to understand and know how to deal with customers, how to organise. So we bought the Ateco code and followed the same rules. A restaurant often has different prices from a canteen. Have you made any changes to your rates? That was our initial doubt. Our menus have always been 19.00 euros and 29.00 euros, well, the companies accepted them as they were. Incidentally, several of our regular customers have remained regular customers and come to us on their lunch breaks. Our catchment area has changed, however: it has widened, and our customers have increased. How did you promote it? Through the newspaper L’Eco di Bergamo, we have carried out a targeted and constant communication campaign. Is the service in operation despite the restaurant being in the orange or red zone? We will always do so because the colour of the zone does not preclude the service. We operate from Tuesday to Saturday. We have been told that it cannot be done only in the evening. As far as we know, there are no evening zones. What authorisations do you have? A SCIA communication, an Ateco code and an authorisation from the municipality. All through Ascom Bergamo. And we were ready in half a day. Do you also serve VAT numbers? Only if they have employees. What is your typical customer, today, in a presence-takeaway relationship? Takeaway has enabled us to increase our clientele. And then we do express cooking for workers. How have you organised the restaurant? How did you divide it up? Everything has remained the same. We have three dining rooms, two of which are reserved for the canteen service. In accordance with the instructions issued by the Lombardy Region on 12 March last, companies wishing to set up a canteen service are no longer required to send a ComUnica file to the Business Register and the Inland Revenue to update their Ateco codes and, at the same time, a SCIA file to the SUAP, but a prior communication to the Municipality will suffice. ______________________________ BOX Ateco codes Ateco Code 56.29.1 (canteens) Ateco Code 56.29.2 (continuous catering on a contractual basis) ______________________________ BOX www.codiceateco.it www.gazzettaufficiale.it/eli/ gu/2020/12/03/301/sg/pdf www.giopimargi.eu ______________________________ AT PAGE 30 IN THE HALL Support Decree: from April billions to businesses Non-refundable payments: companies will receive aid based on the calculation of contributions made on the basis of 2020 turnover compared to 2019 turnover. Chartered accountant Angelo Salonna outlines the main features of the scheme by Maddalena Baldini “This is the year in which we must give and not ask for money,” Mario Draghi said recently, referring to the April Decree, the measure that will recognise relief and support for those in difficulty due to the pandemic. This is an extensive decree,” he continued, “aimed at a wide audience, whose foundations are support for business, work and the fight against poverty. The aim is to distribute more money and faster. In total there will be 32 billion with 11 billion going to businesses. A platform, active since 8 April, allows these payments to be made to those who have applied for them”. We go into detail with Angelo Salonna, a chartered accountant and partner of Studio Pugliese in Milan. What is the Support Decree and how does it work? Decree 41/2021, better known as the “Decreto Sostegni” (Support Decree), provides for a series of measures to help the operators most affected by the pandemic. These include non-repayable loans, extensions of tax obligations, suspension and postponement of tax collection measures and tax burdens, including reductions in the RAI licence fee for accommodation and catering operators. In addition, aid and postponements in the context of labour and employment are also envisaged. It should be noted, however, that some of these measures are not yet operational because they require the issuance of implementing decrees. Who is eligible for the Support Decree? What are the parameters with regard to turnover losses? For the sake of simplicity, let’s say that all operators with revenues or remuneration not exceeding 10 million and no limitation of Ateco code are eligible. In addition, the following are excluded: activities ceased at 23/03/2021 and activities started after 23/03 (except for heirs who continue management); public bodies and