ARTICLE · 30 AUGUST 2018

Less Tax To Win Back Some Brains

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Italy could not do without both its home-grown and foreign-born talent. To get accomplished people involved, it is looking to become "low tax".

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Italy could not do without both its home-grown and foreign-born talent. To get accomplished people involved, it is looking to become "low tax".

On the 22 March 2018, the Italian Agency of Revenue published a guide (Fiscal incentives for attracting human capital) detailing which tax breaks you can enjoy in Italy if you fit into the so-called "human capital" category.

The purpose of the Italian Treasury is to work towards the economic, scientific and cultural development of the country. To accomplish this, it is pulling lots of levers and undertaking different measures that are perhaps little known but that have been effective for years.

In addition, recent tax breaks have been specially designed to give people the chance to live and work In Italy without the burden of excessive taxes.

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