https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italy announced on Wednesday that 2016 had been a record year for recovering money lost to tax fraud. https://www.thelocal.it/20170406/italy-recovers-a-record-19-billion-from-tax-evasion Thu, 06 Apr 2017 11:48:27 +0200 italy-recovers-a-record-19-billion-from-tax-evasion Italy's inland revenue last year managed to recover a record €19 billion in its fight against tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20170209/italy-recovers-record-19-billion-from-tax-evasion Thu, 09 Feb 2017 13:13:33 +0100 italy-recovers-record-19-billion-from-tax-evasion A man who claimed to have no property or income, but actually owned a private aeroplane, has been charged with tax evasion by Italy's finance police. https://www.thelocal.it/20160927/destitute-private-jet-owner-fined-for-tax-fraud Tue, 27 Sep 2016 14:37:54 +0200 destitute-private-jet-owner-fined-for-tax-fraud Italy is known for many things: its art, landscapes, food and wine, for example. But they also have the dubious honour of being crowned the biggest tax dodgers in the EU. https://www.thelocal.it/20160907/italians-europe-vat-tax-evasion-dodge-again Wed, 07 Sep 2016 12:16:22 +0200 italians-europe-vat-tax-evasion-dodge-again Italy recovered a record €14.9 billion in unpaid tax in 2015, helped by a new "no questions asked" appeal to suspected dodgers to put their affairs in order. https://www.thelocal.it/20160301/italy-announces-record-haul-from-crackdown-on-tax-fraud Tue, 01 Mar 2016 19:00:30 +0100 italy-announces-record-haul-from-crackdown-on-tax-fraud Prosecutors in Milan are investigating five Google executives as part of a probe into the US tech giant over its alleged failure to pay over €227 million in taxes. https://www.thelocal.it/20160212/italy-probes-google-managers-over-tax-evasion-reports Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:42:52 +0100 italy-probes-google-managers-over-tax-evasion-reports US tech giant Apple has agreed to pay €318 million in tax owed to Italy’s inland revenue, wrapping up an investigation that got underway in 2013, according to a report in La Repubblica. https://www.thelocal.it/20151230/apple-to-pay-italy-318-million-in-unpaid-tax-report Wed, 30 Dec 2015 10:37:04 +0100 apple-to-pay-italy-318-million-in-unpaid-tax-report Endemic tax evasion will cost Italy €122 billion in lost revenue this year, employers' organisation Confindustria said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151216/bosses-put-italys-tax-dodging-bill-at-122bn-euros Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:57:19 +0100 bosses-put-italys-tax-dodging-bill-at-122bn-euros Consumer associations in Italy have accused US fast food giant McDonald's of tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20151001/italy-consumers-accuse-mcdonalds-of-tax-evasion Thu, 01 Oct 2015 16:37:37 +0200 italy-consumers-accuse-mcdonalds-of-tax-evasion Italy's financial police pressed charges against over 13,000 people for suspected tax fraud in 2014, more than half of whom were not declaring any income, a new report showed on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150409/italy-police-root-out-13000-suspected-tax-cheats Thu, 09 Apr 2015 10:30:48 +0200 italy-police-root-out-13000-suspected-tax-cheats Italy has made a pact with Monaco aimed at clamping down on tax evaders, the finance ministry said in a statement on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20150302/italy-signs-deal-with-monaco-in-tax-evasion-fight Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:15:00 +0100 italy-signs-deal-with-monaco-in-tax-evasion-fight The former captain of Italy’s national football team, Fabio Cannavaro, has been handed a ten month sentence for entering his own villa and taking a swim in the pool. https://www.thelocal.it/20150226/cannavaro-gets-jail-term-for-taking-a-swim Thu, 26 Feb 2015 11:04:00 +0100 cannavaro-gets-jail-term-for-taking-a-swim Italy and Switzerland on Monday signed a "historic agreement" to fight tax evasion, giving Italians until September to disclose funds hidden across the border. https://www.thelocal.it/20150224/italy-and-switzerland-sign-deal-to-fight-tax-evasion Tue, 24 Feb 2015 11:59:00 +0100 italy-and-switzerland-sign-deal-to-fight-tax-evasion UPDATED: Eni, the Italian oil and gas giant, has pledged "full cooperation" with the authorities after it was revealed that a former marketing chief and a current manager are being probed for alleged tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20141001/eni-managers-in-tax-evasion-probe Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:13:00 +0200 eni-managers-in-tax-evasion-probe Troubled Italian fashion giant Prada stonewalled questions over its tax affairs on Monday after it emerged that its top two executives are being investigated for allegedly not disclosing many millions in overseas earnings to Italian authorities. https://www.thelocal.it/20140930/prada-chiefs-in-tax-evasion-probe Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:49:00 +0200 prada-chiefs-in-tax-evasion-probe A record number of Italians signed up to pay their taxes last month, thanks to a revamped system, the threat of fines and taxpayers' positive attitude, one expert told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140818/record-in-italians-signing-up-to-pay-tax Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:05:00 +0200 record-in-italians-signing-up-to-pay-tax While countries across Europe have been boosting their state coffers with tax collection, Italy has seen revenues fall this year. https://www.thelocal.it/20131016/italy-is-the-worst-in-europe-for-tax-collection Wed, 16 Oct 2013 14:45:00 +0200 italy-is-the-worst-in-europe-for-tax-collection Italy is asking people to confess when they pay cash-in-hand for services such as plumbing or dentistry to try to curb rampant tax evasion. https://www.thelocal.it/20130807/tax-clamp-down-targets-doctors-with-fast-cars Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:07:00 +0200 tax-clamp-down-targets-doctors-with-fast-cars