The discount could be equal to 20% (but also higher in historic centers), for those who pay the bill with the debit card, with the credit card or with the dedicated apps
A discount on lunch or dinner in the restaurant. It is the measure that could be part of the August decree (which will be launched in the next few days), and in particular the package of support interventions, after the Covid emergency, to businesses and workers, including those in the catering sector, which are among the most damaged.
The discount, designed for encourage consumption and increase the traceability of payments, could be equal to 20% (but also higher in historic centers), for who pays the bill with the ATM, with a credit card or with dedicated apps: it would be applied directly to the cashier, to allow the owner of the venue, restaurant or bar to receive a refund from the State (within a maximum term of one month). For now, the proposal is still under discussion, until the decree is approved: on some parts of the text, in fact, there is still a conflict in the majority. For the "restaurant bonus", it would be allocated approximately one billion euros, of the three destined for the general consumption crisis following the coronavirus emergency (discounts are also provided for other sectors: for those who buy clothes, shoes, appliances, furnishings). The reimbursement it would apply to expenses incurred from September to December: it would have no income limits, but a maximum ceiling.
The "restaurant bonus", according to estimates by the Corriere della Sera, it could cover 166 million meals, assuming an average paid per capita account of 30 euros with a 20% refund, and therefore 6 euros. There remains a question, which is what the journalist Lorenzo Salvia asks himself, asking himself «if these 166 million seats will be additional, that is, if the bonus will push people to sit at the restaurant who otherwise would not have gone. Or if it will limit itself to returning some money to those who would have gone there anyway, without any positive effect for the sector. But here the accounts can only be done later .
In some foreign countries, a similar measure has already entered into force: in Great Britain, the "Eat out to help out"Provides a discount of up to 50% for meals eaten in restaurants, financed by the British Treasury.
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