The Invisible Man is Italian
It’s true, the invisible man exists and he is Italian, and he led a life of luxury evading taxes. He is no longer invisible though. Stories of tax evasion in Italy are legion, such the one about the guy who declared an income of €500 a year but somehow managed to run five Ferraris. Well, […]
Italy’s Well-Heeled Poor
That levels of tax evasion in Italy are laughably high is no secret. Mario Monti, Italy’s replacement for tax-evasion encouraging Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, is attempting to bring Italy’s army of tax evaders to heel. One recently introduced, if not yet permanent, measure of the Monti-led Italian government means it is now impossible to pay […]
Can Italians Justify Evading Taxes?
Tax evasion is a problem which costs Italy around €180 billion a year. One of the reasons some employers in Italy give for not paying taxes is how much it costs to employ people. Does it really cost so much to employ people in Italy? I decided to do some digging and find out. Here […]
Clamping Down on Tax Evasion in Italy
Tax evasion robs Italy’s state coffers of something like 180 billion Euros a year. Recently, Italy has been trying to find ways to recoup these record losses and the new Mario Monti led Italian government is looking into ways of making Italians pay more tax. Italians already pay lots in taxes. Italy’s tax burden is […]
The Italian national sport
Admit it, you thought the Italian national sport was football, didn’t you? Well, you are wrong. The actual Italian national sport is tax evasion.