On November 20, 2020 Italy’s Minister of Economy and Finance published its ministerial decree dated November 17, 2020, which contains specific provisions on the meaning and enforcement of the main benefit test of COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2018/822 of 25 May 2018 on mandatory reporting of cross border arrangements (commonly referred to as “DAC6”). Following the ministerial decree, on December 28, 2020 Italy’s Tax Agency published on its website a draft tax circular which provides administrative…

By now, Italian tax practitioners and tax scholars have had the opportunity to report on Italian Supreme Court’s ruling n. 14756 of July 10, 2020 (Cass.14756-20), which ruled that interest paid by an Italian operating subsidiary to its Luxembourg direct holding company is eligible for the withholding tax exemption granted under article 26-quater of Presidential Decree n. 600 of September 29, 1973, which implemented the provisions of the E.U. Directive n. 2003/49/EC of…

With some years now on record after the enactment of Italy’s tax rules on special tax regime for high net worth individuals, we attach and article (Italy’s Special Tax Regime for High Net Worth Individuals, Three Years In) recently published on the topic. The distinctive features of the Italian special tax regime are the following: – a low fixed amount tax in lieu of the Italian regular income tax (100,000 euro, with an…

On December 23, 2019, the Italian Ministry of the Economy and Finance published on its web site a draft of the Ministerial Decree setting forth the provisions for the establishment and operation of the Register of Beneficial Owners of business entities, non-commercial entities and trusts. The establishment of the Register of Beneficial Owners is required by article 21 of the Legislative Decree n. 231 of November 21, 2007, which contains the domestic legislation implementing the…

News broke out that Italian tax auditors have issued a proposed tax assessment for Euro 1.4 billion ($1.6 billion) as additional corporate income tax due from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (“FCA”), in connection with the merger between FCA and FIAT S.p.A. (“FIAT) carried out in 2014, after FIAT had completed its acquisition of US automaker Chrysler. FCA was incorporated in the Netherlands, and established its tax domicile in the UK, to carry out the reorganization…

By way of ruling n. 25490 issued on October 10, 2019 (Supreme Court Ruling 25490 of 10-10-2019), Italy’s Supreme Court upheld the appellate court’s ruling which denied both the dividend withholding tax exemption of the EU Parent Subsidiary Directive n. 435/90/CEE of the Council dated July 23, 1990 (the “Directive”), and the dividend withholding tax rate reduction granted under article 10 of Italy-Luxembourg tax treaty (the “Treaty”), for dividends paid by an Italian…

Law Decree n. 124 of October 26th, 2019 (which is immediately effective, but needs to be converted into law within 60 days to become final) includes, at article 13, new provisions on taxation of certain distributions from foreign trusts to Italian resident beneficiaries (individuals and non-business entities). By way of background, Italy does not have its on law on trust, but it recognizes and gives effects to trusts established under foreign law, pursuant to the…