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 Inheritance taxation in Italy is much more advantageous than in other European countries. In fact, it ranges from 4% to 8% - and in many cases is not even applicable. But what exactly is the inheritance tax and how does it work in Italy? Tuscany-based tax experts MGI Vannucci e Associati explain. https://www.thelocal.it/20200724/why-italys-inheritance-taxes-arent-as-high-as-you-might-expect Fri, 24 Jul 2020 13:48:10 +0200 why-italys-inheritance-taxes-arent-as-high-as-you-might-expect What's cheaper in Italy than in other European countries, and what is more expensive? We took a look at the data to find out. https://www.thelocal.it/20190627/how-expensive-is-italy-compared-to-other-countries Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:42:03 +0200 how-expensive-is-italy-compared-to-other-countries Italy's centre-left government has slashed its growth forecasts for this year and next, nine weeks before a make-or-break referendum that could deepen the European Union's existential crisis. https://www.thelocal.it/20160928/italy-slashes-growth-figures-ahead-of-crucial-referendum Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:54:02 +0200 italy-slashes-growth-figures-ahead-of-crucial-referendum Clubs in Italy's Serie A registered combined losses of €365 million ($398m, £282m) for the 2014/15 season, sports daily Gazzetta dello Sport reported on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160304/game-over-italian-clubs-announce-big-losses Fri, 04 Mar 2016 16:18:27 +0100 game-over-italian-clubs-announce-big-losses A European body that combats money laundering and terrorist financing on Tuesday told the Vatican to start prosecuting people found to have used its scandal-hit bank and asset management body for criminal ends. https://www.thelocal.it/20151215/eu-body-asks-vatican-for-real-results-on-murky-finances Tue, 15 Dec 2015 14:38:21 +0100 eu-body-asks-vatican-for-real-results-on-murky-finances The Vatican on Saturday announced that accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers will carry out its first external audit, as Pope Francis seeks to make the Holy See's finances more transparent. https://www.thelocal.it/20151205/pricewaterhousecoopers-to-audit-the-vatican Sat, 05 Dec 2015 19:45:42 +0100 pricewaterhousecoopers-to-audit-the-vatican The Italian government has approved a privately funded rescue plan for four of the country's troubled small-to-medium sized banks. https://www.thelocal.it/20151123/italy-government-okays-36bn-plan-to-save-banks Mon, 23 Nov 2015 11:21:35 +0100 italy-government-okays-36bn-plan-to-save-banks Gianluigi Nuzzi, one of two Italian journalists facing a criminal probe over leaks from the Vatican, said on Monday he would defy a summons to be interrogated by Holy See prosecutors. https://www.thelocal.it/20151117/leaks-journalist-defies-vatican-summons Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:04:12 +0100 leaks-journalist-defies-vatican-summons The Holy See's accounts remained in the red in 2014 but showed more than €1 billion in previously off-the-books assets, a statement said on Thursday, following a drive to clean up the Vatican's finances. https://www.thelocal.it/20150717/vatican-funds-boosted-by-newly-declared-assets Fri, 17 Jul 2015 10:05:10 +0200 vatican-funds-boosted-by-newly-declared-assets Pope Francis told the first meeting of a newly-formed Vatican committee to reform Catholic Church finances that it should aim for transparency and helping the needy on Friday. https://www.thelocal.it/20140503/pope-calls-for-new-mentality-on-vatican-finances Sat, 03 May 2014 12:55:00 +0200 pope-calls-for-new-mentality-on-vatican-finances A council of cardinals set up by Pope Francis to advise him on Vatican reforms began its latest meeting on Monday to discuss how to overhaul the Catholic Church's scandal-hit bureaucracy and finances. https://www.thelocal.it/20140217/tension-as-vaticans-g8-meets-to-revamp-bank Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:50:20 +0100 tension-as-vaticans-g8-meets-to-revamp-bank Ernst & Young, the global consultancy firm, has begun a review of the Vatican's finances after Pope Francis called for an overhaul to the system following a series of fraud allegations. https://www.thelocal.it/20131121/ernst-young-reviews-vatican-finances Thu, 21 Nov 2013 12:09:00 +0100 ernst-young-reviews-vatican-finances