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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by xxs on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:01AM (#37236037)
Cash payments over (few) thousands are not permitted in the most/many EU member state already. NL are just catching the train. Greece has it as low as 500 Euro.
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by euix on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:20AM (#37236369)
I can't believe in a lot of these countries this is enforced or obeyed to any degree. The closer the empire is to collapse the stupider the laws.
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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by xxs on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:35AM (#37236639)
The laws are there due to anti-money laundering. Since virtually no cash income (in those country) is viable - think salaries, etc. It's not hard to be followed. All sales need a valid VAT receipt, all of those receipts have source of the payment as well.

So it's sort of automatic.

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by benterix on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:14AM (#37236257)
> Greece has it as low as 500 Euro.

Any source for this?

[EDIT] As pinted by other commenter:

https://www.europe-consommateurs.eu/en/shopping-internet/cas...

They also mention "There is no cash limit for car purchases. However, a change in the law is already being discussed in Greece.".

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by xxs on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:19AM (#37236345)
>Any source for this?

Generally, should be trivial search info: e.g. "cash payment amount greece" produces multiple decent results

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