Is the obligation to pay card?
In Germany, many people swear by appearance and coin. But there is also a trend towards digital payment methods in this country. And with that, the digital trendsetters are not alone: In all other seven European countries in which the market research institute YouGov dealt for the consulting company BearingPoint, contactless payment by card is favorite. According to the will of Union and SPD Customers can soon decide everywhere whether they buy their buns with small change or credit card. In this way, they probably oblige to accept electronic means of payment in addition to cash.
SPD wants to take the possibility of paying the card in the coalition agreement
With this innovation, according to the Image on Sunday Tax evasion can be combated. The demand is already in the earnings paper of the working group household, taxes, finance of the coalition negotiations. It is wanted « that basically cash and at least one digital payment option must be offered step by step, » it says. According to the SPD, this should be in the Coalition agreement be taken over. According to the newspaper, the Union only confirmed the existence of corresponding plans.
Global Payments Report 2023: As often as the countries pay digitally
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- Norway: 815 electronic payments per capita
- Luxembourg: 753
- Ireland: 705
- Denmark: 675
- Germany: 304
- Austria: 300
- Spain: 288
- Malta: 243
- Italy: 194
What many restaurateurs could criticize: Card payments cause additional costs such as rental and service fees for card readers as well as transaction and sales fees. These fluctuate depending on the provider and bank. The commitment to the possibility of digital numbers would be a change in particular for the small businesses, as was the last in 2020.
Card readers cost additional rental and service fees
This year, the obligation to use an electronic cash register for all companies that carry out cash transactions to ensure the proper recording of the sales. There are exceptions for small companies that have very low sales or use the so -called “wallet”. It is still unclear whether this will also be the case with the planned change to the payment method.
