Re:In our cashless society, we need to take digital jail ser...
by forty on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @01:55AM
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Thank you and everyone else for the answers, it's quite interesting.
FYI I'm in France and here cash can only be used for taxes under 300€ [1]
Maybe if you don't pay and they start suing then some other laws allows you to reimburse the debt with cash for any amount.
With that said, I know we have some laws to allow everyone (most people?) to have a free bank accounts ("right to an account" [2]), and some other laws that prevent even the state to seize what you have on a bank account for debt reimbursement if it's lower than a certain amount (565.34€ - it's called the "unseizable amount" [3]).
I don't know if it's possible to freeze bank account as they did in Canada. I'd guess they would have to have approval from a Judge.
FYI I'm in France and here cash can only be used for taxes under 300€ [1]
Maybe if you don't pay and they start suing then some other laws allows you to reimburse the debt with cash for any amount.
With that said, I know we have some laws to allow everyone (most people?) to have a free bank accounts ("right to an account" [2]), and some other laws that prevent even the state to seize what you have on a bank account for debt reimbursement if it's lower than a certain amount (565.34€ - it's called the "unseizable amount" [3]).
I don't know if it's possible to freeze bank account as they did in Canada. I'd guess they would have to have approval from a Judge.
[1] https://www.impots.gouv.fr/particulier/les-autres-moyens-de-...
[2] https://particuliers.banque-france.fr/page-sommaire/droit-au...
[3] https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1437