Exemption from the canone RAI if you do NOT own a TV.

I wrote recently that the law had changed regarding the TV licence and if you did not own a TV then you would still have to pay the licence fee, in your electricity bill in July,  if you were 'connected' in some way.  

...nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

"In this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes".  

You, no doubt, have heard this said many times. I have! But where does it originate from?  Doing a quick online search I find that it has been attributed to quite a number of individuals but the most famous seems to be Benjamin Franklin. 

Residency Debate

These days I seem to have an almost weekly enquiry over the subject of residency in Italy and what constitutes being, or not being, resident in Italy for tax purposes.

Tour de Finance 2016 - Sarzana (La Spezia) and Milan

It is that time of year again when we start to crawl out of our winter holes, do some touring around Italy and start getting out and talking to people directly where they live.

RENEWING your 'Register to vote'!

Last week I decided that I would check with my last registered council in the UK to ensure that I was able to vote in the upcoming UK referendum on Europe.  I managed to speak with someone and was told that I was not registered to vote.  I explained that I registered over a year ago and voted in the last UK election.

It's tax time of the year again!

This time of year is always a difficult one for me as I am faced with the horrendous task of having to sort through all my business expenses, fatture etc for the previous tax year.  I have a natural tendency to avoid doing this as it takes me a full day to thoroughly complete the task.  My commercialista has been asking for these papers since the end of January and I only managed to get them in one week ago. 

Declaring under 'Voluntary Disclosure' in Italy.

It is not an uncommon occurrence for me to be approached by people who have been living in Italy for quite a number of years, but who are yet to declare their assets abroad.