Italy confirms VAT treatment of TP adjustments
On 30 December 2021, the Italian Revenue Agency has published Ruling No. 884 clarifying the VAT treatment of transfer pricing (TP) adjustments. In the case at issue in Ruling Answer No. 884/2021, a resident company made a number of TP
See MoreItaly: IRA Publishes guidance on CFC legislation
On 27 December 2021, the Italian Revenue Agency (IRA) has issued the publication of Circular No. 18/E, that provides guidance regarding the regulations for controlled foreign companies (CFCs) as amended by Article 4 of Legislative Decree No.
See MoreItaly announces statutory interest rate for 2022
On 15 December 2021, Italy has published the Ministerial Decree that increases the statutory interest rate to 1.25% with effect from 1 January 2022. Previously, the statutory interest rate was
See MoreItaly clarifies TP documentation requirements
On 26 November 2021, the Italian Tax Authorities issued Circular No. 15 providing clarifications on the regulations introduced on 23 November 2020 regarding the content and validity of the elective transfer pricing (TP) documentation available to
See MoreItaly: Council of Ministers Approves Budget for FY 2022
28 October 2021, Italian Council of Ministers has issued a release declaring its approval of the Budget for FY 2022. The key tax measures include plastic tax and sugar tax is postponed until 2023, the VAT rate on feminine hygiene products is
See MoreItaly: New patent box regime uses a cost-based approach
On 15 October 2021 a law decree introduced new rules for the patent box regime. The new rules grant an extra deduction of certain research and development (R&D) costs incurred by Italian taxpayers, including expenses relating to
See MoreItaly launches public consultation on draft circular on TP documentation requirements
The Italian tax authorities have introduced a public consultation on the draft circular clarifying transfer pricing (TP) documentation requirements. Comments should be submitted by 12th October 2021 to the email
See MoreItaly extends tax payment deadlines
Italy has published Law No. 106 with certain amendments, including an extension to 15 September 2021 of the deadlines for tax payments of income tax returns, regional tax on productive activities (IRAP) returns, and VAT returns that otherwise
See MoreItaly further extends DST deadlines for FY 2020
On 9 March 2021, the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Italy announced the further extended deadlines for filing the digital services tax (DST) return and payment of tax for FY 2020. The new deadlines for FY 2020 DST are as follows: 16 May
See MoreItaly issues digital services tax return form for FY 2020
On 25 January 2021, the Italian Revenue Agency has published Provision no. 22879/2021, which approves the digital services tax (DST) return form, instructions and technical specification for submission. The deadlines of DST for FY 2020 have
See MoreItaly introduces APA rollback
Budget Law 2021 contains new provisions on advance pricing agreement (APA) rollback. Multinational group taxpayers that had already agreed to APAs to address their transfer pricing can now rely on their retroactivity for tax periods still open for
See MoreItaly extends DST deadlines for FY 2020
On 15 January 2021, the Italian tax authorities published Provision no. 13185/2021 regarding the implementation the procedures for the collection of the 3% digital services tax (DST). The DST is effective from 1 January 2020 in Italy. The
See MoreItaly: New regulations for mutual agreement procedure
On 16 December 2020, the Italian tax authority published regulations to implement new tax dispute resolution mechanisms and mutual agreement procedure (MAP). The Measures to allow taxpayers to contact the tax authorities in Italy to discuss the
See MoreItaly publishes new guidelines for TP documentation
On 23 November 2020, the Italian tax authority published new guidelines for transfer pricing (TP) documentation that fully replace the previous guidelines of 2010. The new guidelines implement a Ministerial Decree of 14 May 2018 that established
See MoreItaly publishes Decree on procedures for DAC6 Reporting
On 20 November 2020, the Italian Ministry of Finance issued a Decree containing technical rules and procedures for the implementation of the DAC6 reporting requirements introduced by Legislative Decree No. 100 of 30 July 2020. In accordance
See MoreItaly publishes draft Budget for 2021
On 20 November 2020, the Italian Government published an updated version of the draft budget law for the year 2021, which is currently under discussion within the Italian Parliament. Following tax measures contained in the Draft Budget relate
See MoreItaly updates filing instructions for CbC Report
The Italian tax authorities updated the technical rules and filing instructions to submit country-by-country (CbC) reports in accordance with the OECD’s CbC XML schema adopted in June 2019. The updated technical rules and filing instructions will
See MoreItaly declares urgent measures on tax collection
On 18 October 2020, Italy's Council of Ministers issued a release declaring its approval of the draft bill that contains the Budget for the year 2021. On 20 October 2020, Italy has published Decree-Law No. 129 in the Official Gazette
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