20% withholding tax on foreign income remitted into Italy - almost banished!

I saw some great news regarding the proposed withdrawal of the 20% withhholding tax on income remitted from abroad into Italy.  The law which could have been reintroduced again in July 2014.

Super Mario (Draghi's) game of risk

Mario Draghi's speech:  He is finally talking about quantitative easing (QE) in Europe? How might it affect Italy?

UK Pension Changes - Budget 2014

The following summary of the UK Pension Budget changes, spring 2014 has been put together by The Spectrum IFA Group to assist you in understanding how the latest UK government changes to pension legislation may affect you.

20% witholding tax on overseas transfer into Italy - UPDATE

I would like to bring up the subject of the 20% witholding tax on profit from investment, for Italian residents.  This piece of legislation that Italy was going to introduce in February and has now postponed until July 2014. This seemed to be one of the main causes for concern amongst attendees at the recent Tour de Finance Forum events in Italy and so I thought I would write the little that I know of it to assist in preparation for its, possible, return.