By Hans Esser, for Expatbriefing.com, 29 March, 2018
Fabrizio Pagani, Italian Finance Minister Pier Carlo Padoan's Chief of Staff, has said that around 150 wealthy expats have taken up residency in Italy under a recently introduced flat tax scheme intended to attract investors to the country. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | Russia | Finance | tax | Netherlands | Norway | Italy | Switzerland | United States | individual income tax
By Hans Esser, for Expatbriefing.com, 27 March, 2017
In a bid to attract wealthy individuals to relocate to the country, and high net worth Italian expats to return there, the Italian authorities have introduced a EUR100,000 (USD106,251) per year substitute tax on foreign income and gains for previous non-doms who declare Italy as their primary tax residence. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | tax | Italy | Expats | Tax
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 29 January, 2015
An independent report on healthcare in 36 European countries has said that consumer and patient rights are improving in Europe, but there is a widening performance gap between wealthy and poor European countries' health facilities. Read full story »
Tags: Western Europe | Belgium | Denmark | Iceland | Netherlands | public health | Estonia | Luxembourg | Norway | health care | Finland | Germany | Italy | Spain | services | Expats | Welfare | Europe | Scotland
By Ulrika Lomas, Tax-News.com, Brussels, 09 January, 2015
Belgium is no longer the most attractive location for owner-occupiers to buy, own, or sell real estate, according to a new report that reviewed the tax rules in 11 European countries. Read full story »
Tags: capital gains tax (CGT) | tax | Belgium | Ireland | Netherlands | Portugal | real-estate | Luxembourg | stamp duty | France | Germany | Italy | Spain | Sweden | tax breaks | individual income tax | Expats | Europe | Study | Tax
By Fernand Gagnier, for ExpatBriefing.com, 21 November, 2014
Knight Frank, an international real estate agency, says that Britons are increasingly purchasing Italian property. The agency expects next year's Universal Expo in Milan to generate extra investor interest. Read full story »
Tags: China | United Kingdom | Italy | Expats | Investment | Property Investment | Invest | Investment
By Fiona Moore, for ExpatBriefing.com, 28 October, 2014
HSBC's Expat Explorer survey has revealed high satisfaction among expats with the quality of their social life in the UK, with around three-quarters of respondents in the country saying that they are integrating well into their local community, and 50 percent reporting that they have found long-term love. Read full story »
Tags: Russia | Wealth | Netherlands | China | Thailand | United Kingdom | education | France | Italy | Expats | Welfare | Lifestyle | Banking | Lifestyle
By the ExpatBriefing team, 20 August, 2014
ExpatBriefing has been recognized as one of the internet's top sites for expat advice and information in this year's Expat Star Awards. Read full story »
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By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 04 March, 2014
Official figures show that net long-term migration to the UK rose by 58,000 in the year ending September 2013, despite a Conservative Party pledge to cut admittance. 40,000 more European Union citizens arrived to work in Britain than in the previous year. Read full story »
Tags: Portugal | Bulgaria | Romania | United Kingdom | Italy | Poland | Spain | European Union (EU) | Expats | Immigration | Working Abroad | Europe | Work | Working Abroad | Immigration | Working Abroad
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 27 February, 2014
The European retail property sector ended 2013 on a high note with quarterly volumes soaring 75 percent to their highest since 2007, according to commercial real estate service firm Cushman & Wakefield. Read full story »
Tags: Russia | Western Europe | investment | real-estate investment | Ireland | Portugal | interest | accounting | real-estate | France | Germany | Greece | Italy | Poland | Spain | retail | Expats | Investment | Europe | Invest | South America | Investment
By ExpatBriefing.com Editorial, 11 December, 2013
The Philippines Government has welcomed the signing on December 9 of a protocol to its existing double taxation agreement with Italy, which should signify that the Philippines will be taken off the "black list" of countries that Italy considers to be tax havens. Read full story »
Tags: individuals | expatriates | Finance | Treaties | tax | double tax agreement (DTA) | Tax Treaties | law | Philippines | agreements | Italy | standards | Expats | Tax