Good News on the Italian VAT front, Possibly

April 22, 2008 · Filed Under Work · Comment 

I met up with my accountant today to hand over a few documents and whinged, as usual, about having to fork out VAT before being paid.

Apparently, I was told, the powers that be are cooking up some scheme whereby VAT will not become due until an invoice has been settled.

If this does come to pass, so to speak, I’ll be one big happy bunny, I can tell you. It’ll do wonders for cashflow.

Should this momentous change come about, I’ll be posting about it here.

(Hey! I wrote a short post!)

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A daft idea for the Italian Goverment

February 14, 2008 · Filed Under Thoughts · 2 Comments 

How about setting up a system which allows people to make advance IVA (VAT) and tax payments and grant those who do this a reduced rate of tax and/or use the interest generated on such advance payments to cover the some of the lost income resulting from the reduced tax rates?

It’s a mad idea, I know, but it might encourage more Italian businesses to actually pay taxes. And it may help businesses plan cashflow a little better too, I think.

You would need online access to your current tax and IVA position in real time too, as this would help you understand how much you can put aside for future tax/IVA liability. However, with the wonders of technology, setting this up should be a doddle.

A nutty idea? You tell me.

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