Full exchange of financial information - 1 step closer.

I have written in previous blog posts about the fast approaching days when all financial information will be available to all tax authorities.......

RAI TV licence.

If you have have been keeping abreast of the latest news in Italy, then you will know that the RAI television licence, here in Italy, is about to be added to your electricity bill from 2016 onwards.  

The law of Esterovestizione

Now you are probably wondering with such an elaborate title for this blog, then what on earth the topic could be about? 

Bail IN or Bail oUT?

Italian's  hold about 200 billion euros of bonds in Italian banks and this has always been a good source of funding for banks given that Italians have traditionally been very loyal to their national banks.