Italy: launches public consultation regarding implementation measures for transfer pricing provisions

27 March, 2018

The Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance launched a public consultation on the implementation measures associated with the application of domestic transfer pricing provisions on 21 February 2018. The main purpose of the Draft Decree (supported by

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Italy: Draft transfer pricing regulations and corresponding adjustments

04 March, 2018

On February 21, 2018 the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance released its draft transfer pricing rules to comply with the Article 8-10 OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project. The draft rules are declared in their website for

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Italy: Real-time e-invoices

01 March, 2018

Mandatory real-time electronic sales invoice reporting has been introduced by the Italian Revenue Agency. The process will be effective from 1 January 2019. The Italian Revenue Agency named it Sistema di Interscambio (SDI) and according to them all

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Italy: Detail Explanation of the New Regulation on Patent Box Regime

15 February, 2018

On the 6 February, 2018 the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and Ministry of Economy and Finance published its Official Gazette on the new patent box regime. The regulation explains the criteria for qualified tax payers, qualified IP,

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Italy: Ministerial Decrees IFRS 9 and IFRS 15 Published

02 February, 2018

The Ministerial Decree of 10 January 2018 on the International Financial Reporting Standard 9 Financial Instruments (IFRS 9) and the Ministerial Decree of 10 January 2018 on the International Financial Reporting Standard 15 Revenue from

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Italy: Resolution for Exempting Foreign Branches

29 January, 2018

Pretty hefty amount of complications were found between the content of instructions related to the income tax return for the fiscal year 2016 and the subsequent ITA Protocol of January 28th, 2017 bringing in rules for implementation for the option.

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Italy: New Regulations Imposed on Corporate Income Tax and Regional Tax

25 January, 2018

The Budget Law came into effect since 1 January 2018 after being published into the Gazette on 29th December 2017. The following regulations have been imposed in the section of direct tax in the Budget Law: Electronic submission of tax returns

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Italy: Manual for Tackling Tax Evasion and Fraud

25 January, 2018

The Italian Tax Police updated its practical instructions regarding performance of tax audits by releasing the Circular n. 1/2018 i.e. the operational manual for tackling tax evasion and fraud, which was later on updated on 1st December, 2017 and

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Italy: Publication of Income Tax Return Form

25 January, 2018

An approval was undergone by the ITA on the individual income tax return form and related instructions for the fiscal year 2017 through the issuance of Protocol No.  10793/2018 on 15th January 2018, and the form is available on ITA’s

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Italy: Setting up new rules and regulations on pharmaceutical companies regarding VAT and Paybacks

25 January, 2018

New rules has been brought on pharmaceutical companies regarding VAT and Paybacks which has been already undergone since 1st January 2018, mostly instructing for the inclusion of VATs in different forms of Paybacks. According to the new rule any

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Italy: Parliament Approves 2018 Budget Law

24 January, 2018

The Italian Parliament approved the Budget Law on 23rd December 2017 and it will come into force on 1st January 2018. The law prolongs the extra-amortization regime for entities investing in new assets between 1st January 2018 and 31st January 2018

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Italy: Approves budget Law for 2018

10 January, 2018

The Italian Budget Law for 2018 (Law no. 205 of 27 December 2017) published on 29 December 2017 and entered into force on 1 January 2018. Some of its most significant corporate tax measures are summarized below: Dividends: Dividends from

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Italy: Approval of 2018 Budget Bill including new tax on digital services

03 January, 2018

The main agenda of this Bill being approved by the Italian Senate was to offset differences on tax on digital services so that it can target large multinational companies like Facebook, Apple and Google providing digital services in Italy. Italy has

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Italy: Italian Revenue Agency taking implementing procedures for Country-by-Country Reporting (CbCR)

03 January, 2018

New law has been introduced by the Italian Revenue Agency for the execution of CbCR concerning the medium of presentation of the reports in Italy which is in the same radar with the OECD recommendations and the EU Directions. It is mainly implied on

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Italy: Provisions for new patent box regime

03 January, 2018

Italian Government issued an additional Decree to amend the Italian Patent Box regime in order to streamline the existing differences between the Italian rules and the OECD recommendations set forth under Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS)

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Italy: Tax authority extends the due date for filing the CbC report

31 December, 2017

On December 11, the tax authority issued a Measure n. 288555 extending the due date for filing the CbC report for fiscal year 2016 from 31 December 2017 to 9 February 2018 within 60 days following the measure’s publication

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Italy: Updates definition of permanent establishment

17 December, 2017

The Italian Senate approved the draft Budget Law for 2018 on 30 November 2017. The draft illustrated the definition of the domestic permanent establishment (PE) as per the definition proposed by the OECD in the BEPS Action 7 Final Report. The draft

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Italy: CbC reporting requirements

17 December, 2017

The Italian Tax Authorities (ITA) issued a Protocol No. 275956 of 28 November 2017, regarding the change in the CBC reporting requirements. The Protocol instructs further implementation rules regarding the Law 208 issued on 28 December

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