Second episode of “Lavoro & Pensioni - Politically (in)correct”, the weekly column by Giuliano Cazzola published every Monday - In this issue the reflections on tax evasion sparked by the latest Istat Report: here are the sectors where it mainly lurks
The two-year preventive agreement will also apply to taxpayers judged to be "unreliable" by the summary indicators, who represent 55,8% of the self-employed and declare on average less than a third of the income of the "reliable"
The action falls within the scope of the application of the legislation established by the last Budget law and designed precisely to avoid the evasive phenomenon, through which companies were created with the sole objective of evading the taxman and, consequently, becoming a vehicle of VAT fraud.
The Council of Ministers has approved the tax delegation that starts the tax revolution even if the times are not very short
Minister Franco has signed the decree which will allow cross-referencing of data from the tax register after making them anonymous - Human intervention is always guaranteed
The soup made by 150 international newspapers (for Italy L'Espresso) reveals thousands of names of people who would have used offshore companies to evade taxes - The list includes politicians and celebrities of all kinds, up to the coach of the national team…
The Global tax arrives at the G20 - Here's what the international tax reform foresees and how the fight against tax avoidance and tax havens works
From the beginning of December, the first of the three forms of cashback that will accompany Italians until June 2022 comes into force - These are anti-evasion measures that allow you to receive reimbursements from the State for each payment made with…
An annex to the Def update note shows that, in relation to GDP, the value of the economy hidden from the tax authorities shows no signs of decreasing - Undeclared work is increasing - The numbers of tax evasion on Irpef are decreasing, but remain very high…
The new thresholds for cash payments take effect from 1 July - Exceptions are foreseen - Here's how it will work
Under the given political conditions, it was difficult to construct a better budget maneuver than the one just approved by Parliament, even if the criticism of those who accuse the Government of having preached well but scratched badly in the fight against tax evasion is right
The economist Fabrizio Galimberti comments on the general structure of the maneuver that is about to arrive in Parliament - "An essential element is still missing in the economy: trust" - "Don't worry about hedging: savings on interest will be higher than expected"
The Ministry of Economy has published a handbook on the use of cash to clarify old and new rules: here are the most important ones
For the correct functioning of the tax authorities it is essential that the citizen perceives the correlation between income and expenses but tightening the penal sanctions, which already exist, would not strengthen the tax assessment and would engulf the criminal dispute
INTERVIEW WITH VIERI CERIANI, a great tax expert and former Undersecretary of the MEF - "The Government's goal of obtaining 7,2 billion from the fight against tax evasion in a year is very ambitious but if exemptions and tax breaks are not reviewed, it will not…
The Government is studying the introduction of a "single card" for making digital payments and concentrating the functions of an identity card, health card and digital identity
With the aim of reducing undeclared payments and breaking down evasion, the Treasury is thinking about tax bonuses for taxpayers, news for the Public Administration, cuts in commissions and new penalties for merchants
Between the beginning of June and 5 August, the Guardia di Finanza carried out 404 checks and irregularities emerged in 256 cases - Many also irregular workers and illegal sellers
The investigation by the Prosecutor of Genoa does not concern the hotels, but only the rentals of houses placed on the website of the Dutch company by private owners - The missed payments allegedly started in 2013
On the occasion of a conference organized by Synergia Consulting Group, a company that brings together tax experts from all over Italy, the more or less fictitious locations abroad of Italian companies were discussed: the D&G case,…
This was stated by the prosecutor of Milan, Francesco Greco, underlining that the region is "by far in first place for voluntary disclosure, with 47-48% of the national total, followed by Piedmont and Emilia Romagna"
From total amnesty on fines and stamp duties to maxi discounts on tax disputes, passing through the third scrapping of tax bills - The big news, however, is the cleanup on income evaded and disclosed through a supplementary declaration…
CR7 avoided jail time, but had to plead guilty to four tax offenses committed between 2011 and 2014 - The sum that the attacker failed to pay to the Spanish Revenue Agency totals 14,8 million
A very high level that becomes even higher given that these estimates are also added to those relating to the criminal and illegal economy - Overall, the value of the so-called "non observed economy" (that is, untraced, submerged activities...
According to the newspaper El Mundo, the Real Madrid striker presented an offer to the Tax Agency to close the case that broke out after the revelations of Football Leaks, the journalistic investigation carried out by L'Espresso together with the other publications of the Eic consortium.
The advertising revenues that the social network will generate with the support of the various local teams will be accounted for by the company present in the country and no longer by the international headquarters in Dublin - What about taxes? In theory, they should be paid for locally.…
The giant led by Jeff Bezos having evaded around 1,5 billion pounds of VAT in the UK. To accuse the eCommerce giant are several sources in the English press.
The Guardia di Finanza has asked to know the names of the holders of 9.953 accounts on which over six and a half billion euros are allegedly deposited - The case is connected to the maxi investigation launched in 2014 against the giant…
The administrative judges agreed with Mountain View: paying taxes in Ireland (where the rates are lower) was a legitimate procedure - Paris has already announced an appeal.
One of the main anti-evasion weapons available to the Revenue Agency has fallen by the wayside: according to the numbers provided by the Court of Auditors, checks and collections are less and less.
Taxpayers who have chosen to deal with the procedure themselves have increased by 50% in one year - Today is the deadline for communicating health costs to the tax authorities - Meanwhile, the recovery of tax evasion soars to 19 billion…
The list, which should be completed by 2017, aims to give a single tool to EU members - A preliminary assessment of the non-EU countries most at risk was presented last week
In the same period, hundreds of shell companies set up to escape the tax authorities were unmasked - Here are all the figures released on the occasion of the 242-year life ceremony
Many tax evaders with secret accounts in Switzerland and Luxembourg have decided to report themselves to the French tax authorities after the Panama Papers scandal. The switchboard created by the ministry was stormed and was forced to recruit new staff
The Swiss bank would have helped 14 Italian customers to bring abroad about 14 billion euros to evade taxes - According to the Milan prosecutor's office, the fraud would have been carried out through false insurance policies.
At the end of the assessment, the Tax Unit of the Guardia di Finanza charges Google Ireland ltd with one of its "hidden permanent establishment in Italy".
In these hours, the Fiamme Gialle are serving a report to the Californian giant on the order of the Milan Public Prosecutor's Office - "We comply with the tax regulations in all the countries in which we operate", the company replied.
From 2017, the 28 EU countries and the Republic will automatically exchange information on the current accounts of their respective residents - In recent months Brussels had signed a similar agreement with Switzerland and on 3 December with Liechtenstein -…
The German company still in the eye of the storm: the Brunswick prosecutor's office, the same one that initiated the investigation into the alterations to the exhaust gases, has opened another related file, putting five employees of the Wolfsburg headquarters under indictment.
For Economy and Finance Minister Padoan, the agreement on the international anti-avoidance plan is a "milestone" that "changes the rules". The Minister gathered the support of G20 colleagues on the Base Erosion and Profit Sharing on international taxation
The Council of Ministers did not approve the extension of the voluntary disclosure: it will be discussed again on Tuesday, but the political will to launch it remains - The hypotheses foresee the postponement of the application for membership from 30 September to 30 November, while the last…
The taxman is ready to send 210 letters to taxpayers who are not in compliance with the taxman so that they pay the amount due in order to avoid further investigations - Slot machine operators, taxpayers…
In July, the government inserted the last piece, that is, it eliminated the doubling of the terms of assessment. Thus the price for bringing illegally exported capital to the surface is halved. The aim is to collect 3 billion
Today the threshold is 5 euros, but yesterday Montecitorio approved XNUMX motions from the centre-right and centre-left asking for the limit to be raised - Favorable opinion from the government.
Brussels and Bern "will exchange information on the bank accounts of their respective residents starting in 2018", in order to fight tax evasion.
According to Orlandi, number one in the tax authorities, "massive use of the analysis of bank current accounts" would be needed, but "the promised package has been on hold for two years" because there is discussion about the "protection of privacy", which however would be guaranteed in another way .
The prosecution's hypothesis is that, through the accounting by the Irish company Apple Sales International of profits made in Italy, Apple underestimated its taxable income, thus saving 879 million euros between 2008 and 2013.
This was communicated by the director of the Revenue Agency, Rossella Orlandi: the result improves by 8% on 2013.
A circular from the Revenue Agency explains the times and methods of the procedure for the emergence of capital - "fictitious foreign residents" will also be admitted, citizens transferred to black-listed countries, "foreign-dressed" subjects, trusts and those who have used a…
Tax revenues deriving from the fight against tax evasion increased by 58% on an annual basis in January and by 5,3% in the whole of 2014 - In last year's total, VAT revenues and total tax revenues grew, while they decreased …
The Government is required to undertake to "assess the opportunity to proceed with a revision of sector studies to simplify them, foreseeing a reduction in their number, and to make them more effective".
The agreement signed today removes the Principality from the black list of the Italian tax authorities, making it possible to obtain greater benefits for those who take advantage of the voluntary disclosure.
The accusation is launched by the European federation of public services together with two continental trade union organisations: "Md Donald's transferred its headquarters and revenues between Switzerland and Luxembourg, subtracting over 1 billion from EU countries between 2009 and 2013"…
Rome and Bern will be able to exchange banking and tax information on all taxpayers in a much simpler way than in the past - Switzerland then leaves the Italian Treasury's black list, and this means that whoever opts…
The operation targeted by the Fiamme Gialle, worth 482,8 million, is the sale of real estate assets on the Costa Smeralda by Tom Barrack's Colony Capital to Qatar Holding Investments
The measure, which will be on the table of the Council of Ministers on February 20, aims to increase the use of electronic payments and will be accompanied by the introduction of the obligation for digital receipts and invoices between private individuals, which however will only take effect in two years.
Of the 7 Italian names on the Falciani list, 1.264 are protected by the 2009 tax shield, while the Guardia di Finanza managed to collect a trifle - Briatore defends himself among the VIPs: "I'm not evading, I've been living outside for thirty years…
The taxes evaded will have to be paid in full, but with the new discipline of voluntary disclosure the administrative sanctions will be less expensive - It's the last chance to regularize one's position without running much more serious risks.
The agreement should be closed by 15 January, in order to make the "voluntary disclosure" operational for Switzerland as well - 2 March is the last day - In Swiss banks, deposits in the name of Italian citizens would be around…
There is not only the Berlusconi-saving article in the legislative decree approved on a preliminary basis by the Government on December 24 - The text also provides for the reorganization of tax crimes: from false invoices to various offenses on tax returns.
To exclude tax fraud crimes such as the one for which Silvio Berlusconi was convicted from safe conduct, the executive is allegedly thinking of lowering the limit of non-punishability - The hypothesis of postponing the expiry of the delegation is making headway...
The safeguard clause that would have triggered the increase in petrol taxes to cover the abolition of the Imu has been canceled - The resources will be guaranteed by the voluntary disclosure: however, if the new procedure fails to achieve the revenue target, they will not only increase …
In the Southern Regions (including the islands) the "tax gap" is worth around 83 billion, or 36% of the total - followed by the North-West (27%), the North-East (21%) and the Center (17%).
Director Orlandi announces that the Agency is "working on a national plan against corruption: we won't just limit ourselves to email" - "Necessary to extend the prescription for the most insidious evasion hypotheses" - Arrow at FCA: "I don't think anyone…
The tax evader will have to pay all unpaid taxes but will have discounts on penalties and interest, will not incur the penalties envisaged for tax crimes committed and above all will not be prosecuted for the new crime of self-laundering.
The Ecofin Council on 9 December will adopt the directive on administrative cooperation, which incorporates a standard for the exchange of information into EU legislation.
According to the Premier, "the tax delegation is radically changing the approach of the Revenue Agency: it is no longer the vulture perched on your shoulders that pecks you, but a consultant".
The Swiss branch of the English bank is under investigation by the Brussels Public Prosecutor's Office for having "deliberately helped hundreds of customers, especially diamond merchants in Antwerp, to evade taxes": this is how much damage the state is suffering…
The goal of the Government and the Revenue Agency is to overcome the old tools by focusing on the traceability of electronic payments, but not everyone agrees: the receipt-Pos relay risks being less effective than expected.
Most merchants are evading the new rules on electronic payments because there are no penalties, but a measure is on the way to introduce concessions and fines.
To fight black people, it is necessary to increase everything that can be billed and/or documented by receipt or invoice and to increase certain and traceable payments with POS, credit cards, wire transfers, non-transferable checks - Thus the citizen would become a…
The new agreement provides that from 2017 information will also be exchanged on the accounts opened at the end of 2015 - however, the signature of two big names is still missing.
The charge was omitted tax return - The two stylists were sentenced first to one year and eight months and on appeal to one year and six months.
There are 62 subjects under investigation - Searches and seizures taken throughout Italy - Transport, porterage, cleaning and surveillance companies in the sights - The accusations: use of invoices for non-existent operations, fraudulent bankruptcy and money laundering.
The bill on self-laundering and voluntary disclosure finally arrives in the Chamber in the Chamber - Among the latest innovations approved in the commission, a particular discipline for the proceeds of tax evasion: if they are destined only "for personal use or enjoyment" ,…
The Organization has presented a global action plan against tax avoidance by multinationals - The document is part of the restructuring plan of the global tax rules which aims to put an end to the erosion of the tax bases and the …
The agreement between Italy and Luxembourg signed on 21 June 2012 becomes law after approval by the Senate with a large majority - The measure aims to avoid double taxation on assets and income, preventing fraud and tax evasion.
In an interview with Corriere della Sera, the new number one of the Revenue Agency explained that about five million declarations "do not even have to be integrated. The others can be perfected, as with the calculation of deductions, by resorting to intermediaries. …
In the fight against tax evasion, the first to be controlled will be taxpayers with a turnover of more than 100 million euros - The income meter will only be triggered where there are significant discrepancies between declared income and expenses - Beware of traveling…
Maradona is still guilty of tax evasion against the Italian state. The sixth sentence says so on the merits of the accusations against the pibe de oro and his various appeals, all rejected in court. The latest rejection sentence arrives…
The amount of tax revenue from January to May 2014 is 150,645 million euros: the Treasury communicates it, adding that there was a 1,4% increase compared to the same period last year - Another increase is noted…
A series of changes in the VAT rules as the basis of a broad maneuver to recover revenue from tax evasion, which could allow for a significant reduction of tax levels, up to 59 billion euros a year: this is the …
Between January and April 2014, tax revenues amounted to 119.008 million euros, recording a tendential growth of 1,6%, +1.929 million euros - From the fight to evasion revenue increased by 21,1%.
US Justice Secretary Eric Holder stressed that the Bank has "knowingly and purposely" helped thousands of US clients hide their assets and incomes for decades.
Currency smuggling from Switzerland to Germany peaks - Money seizures increasingly involve six-figure sums, while the maximum limit of money that can be imported into the European Union without declaration amounts to…
Within a few months, Parliament will have to approve the bill on the regularization of capital illegally held abroad, after the Government's renunciation of continuing on the path of the decree law - According to Cesare Vento, an expert in trust and asset management,…
Suspension from the Register for professionals who collaborate with the entrepreneur in avoidance, abuse of law or transnational fraud operations. Greater professionalisation of tax judges and further tightening on the regime of their incompatibilities. These are some of the requests made by the Guard of…
Approved in the first reading with a very large majority by the Strasbourg Parliament - For the final decision we will have to wait for the vote of the Council and the examination by the new European Parliament - In the crosshairs, in addition to financial intermediaries and professionals (subject to…
In many cases the frauds start from false declarations for visa applications, then passing through the creation of corporate boxes in tax havens - A customer says he was guided "towards an elevator controlled from the outside, devoid of…
Squitieri at the inauguration of the 2014 judicial year: "Prevention must be developed through constant monitoring of the activity of both public management and the market in general, using tools that guarantee maximum transparency in the activity of the public administration".
Natural persons and partnerships can self-report the possession of capital abroad not declared to the tax authorities, without incurring criminal penalties for omitted declaration and with reductions on administrative penalties - However, evaded and unpaid taxes are due…
"Tax collection in the European Union" is the theme of the research presented today by the Bruno Visentini Foundation at the Revenue Agency conference - In Italy they say they want to fight tax evasion but then the severity of the collection is contested…
With the new Isee, only part of the data will be self-certified, while the most important tax data such as total income and those relating to the services received from INPS will be compiled directly by the public administration - Letta: "Enough with the scandal of…
Here are the changes that the Privacy Guarantor has imposed on the Revenue Agency to give the go-ahead to the new Redditometro - The presumed expenses based only on the Istat average cannot be used: taxpayers' incomes must be…
The Stability law approved by the Government and now being examined by Parliament provides for a mechanism aimed at encouraging the return of capital - It is not exactly a tax shield, since it does not provide for amnesties: :…
For Attilio Befera, the fight against tax evasion yields over 10 billion euros every year - The director of the Revenue Agency would have received "signals" on the willingness of those who have exported capital abroad to repatriate it - They will pay the taxes due ,…
The director of the Revenue Agency lowers his tone and brakes on the income meter: "Significant number of checks next year only" - The rich "can help redistribute wealth".
During the intervention of the governor of the Bank of Italy, Ignazio Visco, at the event in memory of Luigi Spaventa at the Bocconi University, it was highlighted how tax evasion is a typically Italian phenomenon which underlines the serious difficulties in which he lives the economy of Bel…
The Ministry of Welfare today published the results of the supervisory activity carried out in the first half of 2013 by the Territorial Inspection Services and the Carabinieri Nuclei - 62% of the companies subjected to control were found to be irregular, with an annual increase…
The fight against tax evasion is essential but not enough to revive the economy - On the other hand, coordinated initiatives at European level are decisive to create purchasing power by offsetting national austerity - The idea of Eurobonds in exchange for halving VAT at the level European.
