Italy News

Italy To Support Armenia To Implement BEPS Reforms

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Monday, December 2, 2019

Tax officials in Armenia are to receive support from the Italian Revenue Agency to implement initiatives to tackle tax base erosion and profit shifting. Read Full Story

EC Investigates Italian Port Tax Exemptions

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

On November 15, 2019, the European Commission announced the launch of an in-depth state aid investigation into tax exemptions provided to Italian ports, but welcomed commitments from Spain to abolish similar exemptions for Spanish ports from next year. Read Full Story

Nine EU Finance Ministers Call For Green Tax On Aviation

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Nine EU member states have called on the European Commission to draw up proposals for an EU-wide aviation tax. Read Full Story

Ireland Had EU's Lowest Tax-To-GDP Burden In 2018: Eurostat

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, November 15, 2019

The overall tax burden in the European Union relative to GDP rose slightly in 2018, to 40.3 percent, the Eurostat has announced. Read Full Story

Italian Government Approves Draft Budget

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, October 18, 2019

On October 16, 2019, the Italian Council of Ministers approved the draft Budget law for 2020, which will prevent an automatic rise in the rate of value-added tax, and includes further measures designed to combat tax avoidance and evasion. Read Full Story

Tax Agencies Meet To Discuss Use Of Big Data Analysis

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, October 18, 2019

Tax agencies from 31 countries discussed the ways they are using data analysis tools to improve tax enforcement and administration, at the first meeting of the IOTA Forum on Tax Debt Management, held in Prague, Czech Republic, On October 1-3, 2019. Read Full Story

Italy May Probe Netflix's Tax Affairs

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Friday, October 11, 2019

Milan's Public Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into whether Netflix owes tax in Italy, Italian daily Corriere Della Sera reported October 3, 2019. Read Full Story

OECD Says Pace Of Global Tax Reform Has Slowed

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, September 5, 2019

The pace of tax reform has slowed across most leading economies, a new report from the OECD says, calling for bolder tax reforms to address future challenges. Read Full Story

Italy Finalizes Rules For New Patent Box Regime

by Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Italy's tax agency on July 30, 2019, published a definitive version of the rules for the operation of the country's patent box regime. Read Full Story