8/11/2025 10:40:10 AM Italian tax on dividends contrary to Parent Subsidiary Directive: details and implications By Michele Dimonte Dividends received by Italian financial intermediaries (including banks) from their subsidiaries are subject to Italy’s regional tax on...
6/10/2025 10:27:55 AM Re-domiciliations and cross-border mergers: key tax questions By Victor Camatta Tanja Velling Re-domiciliations and cross-border mergers can be great options for a restructuring and, within the EU, the rules governing both types of...
2/7/2025 2:23:39 PM Management fees in tax treaties: a ménage à deux between Italy and Egypt By Michele Dimonte Mostafa Elfar The Italian tax authority (ITA) ruling (13/2025) concerned an Italian company that provided IT services to a company resident in Egypt....
7/3/2024 10:54:47 AM Egypt’s medium-term tax policy is materialising – how far does it go and what more to expect? By Mostafa Elfar With support from the IMF, since December 2022 Egypt has been engaged in a policy reform to address economic imbalances. During the...
3/20/2024 1:42:23 PM Recent developments in respect of the Italian investment management exemption regime By Francesco Saverio Scandone Bernardo Leoni Does an Italian investment manager create a permanent establishment for a foreign investment vehicle? Not necessarily – especially now...
2/22/2024 3:46:30 PM The Italian penalty protection regime for hybrid mismatches By Benedetta Alinovi Italy has introduced legislation concerning the set of documentation to be prepared for hybrid mismatch cases. The new rules include a...
11/8/2023 9:56:45 AM Love, not money, is the basis for all happiness in life … and for tax residence in Italy By Michele Dimonte On 16 October 2023 the Italian Government preliminarily approved a legislative decree to implement a reform regarding international...
8/2/2023 10:59:50 AM Criminalisation of tax issues in Europe By Stefano Brunello Dormal Yves Rutschmann Jan Adami Teresa Morales +1 more... Show less In recent years, there has been a steep increase in criminal proceedings for tax matters in some European countries, such as France,...
7/31/2023 9:41:48 AM Purpose tests in anti-abuse or anti-avoidance provisions: perspectives across Europe By Stefano Brunello Dormal Victor Camatta Mees Vergouwen Jan Adami Tanja Velling Marta Pontes Teresa Morales +4 more... Show less In order to carry out a transaction, taxpayers are generally free to choose between different structures and tax regimes, and to choose...
7/31/2023 9:41:23 AM Purpose tests in anti-abuse or anti-avoidance provisions in Italy By Stefano Brunello Dormal Umberto Lorenzi There are numerous specific anti-avoidance provisions (SAARs) and the general anti-abuse rule (GAAR), and the Italian tax authorities may...
7/26/2023 8:51:51 AM Beneficial ownership: perspectives across Europe By Stefano Brunello Dormal Pierre-Henri Durand Mees Vergouwen Jan Adami Tanja Velling Marta Pontes Teresa Morales +4 more... Show less Across a number of European jurisdictions, relief from withholding tax may be denied where the recipient of a dividend, interest or...
7/26/2023 8:49:47 AM Beneficial ownership from an Italian perspective By Stefano Brunello Dormal Umberto Lorenzi The Italian tax authorities continue to challenge interposed conduit entities using the beneficial ownership test to deny withholding tax...
12/13/2022 10:02:05 AM Italy to tax non-residents on indirect sales of Italian real estate held through foreign entities By Michele Dimonte Under the current legislation, Italy taxes non-resident entities only on capital gains derived from a direct sale of Italian immovable...
10/7/2022 8:37:02 AM Italian Supreme Court sets aside discriminatory tax framework for non-EU pension funds based on free movement of capital By Giampaolo Genta Simone S. Schiavini A recent Italian Supreme Court decision could have far-reaching consequences for Italian tax provisions on cross-border dividend...
2/10/2022 2:44:07 PM Italian Supreme Court limits scope of beneficial ownership under Interest and Royalties Directive By Michele Dimonte Italian Supreme Court Decision No. 3380 of 3 February deals with the interpretation of the beneficial owner (BO) requirement under the...
6/28/2021 1:10:43 PM Exit tax: holding companies may not qualify for Italian participation exemption on migration By Michele Dimonte The Italian Tax Authority confirmed that the participation exemption does not apply to shareholdings that are transferred abroad as part...