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| Italian Tax Amnesty Blow For Non-TIEA Countries |
Monday, September 21, 2009
The Italian Revenue Agency has confirmed that repatriation is the only possible
means of entering into the current tax amnesty for undeclared assets held in
countries that do not have, with Italy, a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) the meets the OECD standard.
More specifically, according to a Revenue Agency circular, repatriation is
only possible for declaring assets held within the European Union (EU) or assets
held in countries with a TIEA and forming part of the European Economic Area
(EEA).
Therefore, while the choice of repatriation or regularization is available
from all countries in the EU, that choice is also possible for assets held in,
for example, Norway and Iceland, even though they are not EU members, because they are in the EEA and have a qualifying TIEA with Italy.
Having the choice of regularization becomes of obvious importance if the undeclared
asset held abroad is not readily saleable at the right price in present markets.
Such assets could be, for example, fund investments or works of art, property
or factories, yachts or assets held jointly with other investors.
According to most ideas of where the majority of Italian undeclared funds are
held, this ruling within the tax amnesty is likely to affect primarily assets
in Switzerland, San Marino, Liechtenstein and Monaco. In fact, the explanatory
circular issued by the Revenue Agency mentions those countries specifically
by name in its description of those areas for which regularization is the only means available.
It has been seen recently that San Marino, in particular, has been attempting
to negotiate a TIEA with Italy. In the absence of such an agreement, estimates
of the reduction in San Marino’s bank deposits as a direct consequence
of the tax amnesty range from the optimistic at only 15% to the pessimistic
at 40%.
On the other hand, it is reported that the Swiss government has not yet replied
to the Italian proposal for a TIEA amendment to be added to the existing double
taxation agreement between the two countries.
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