Italian pensioner hit with a one cent bill, can pay in installments if need be

Italian pensioner hit with a one cent bill

A pensioner in the central Emilia-Romagna region has been threatened with legal action over an outstanding one cent social security bill which dates back to the late 1990s. He was told he could repay the bill "in installments" if it proved too much for him.

Emilio Casali, 84, has been sent a letter demanding he pay the one cent he reportedly owes the INPS social security authority, newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano reported.

The missing penny was traced by the INPS to a five-year period starting from 1996.

If the bill is too much for Casali, who lives in the coastal Riccione area, he can repay it through installments, the letter said. But if he fails to pay up then the INPS pay take legal action, the newspaper reported.


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