Does your retail business conduct sales online? For most retailers today, the answer is likely yes. This means that the recent surge of class action lawsuits against merchants merits your attention.

Gilberto Gelosa, founding partner of Interconsulting, Treasurer and Secretary of Pragma and responsible of the tax area of the Consiglio Nazionale dei Dottori Commercialisti, which is the main public organization in Italy of Commercialisti, intervened with two speeches at the event "Changes in the Italian tax administration" organized by the Finance and Economy Ministry of Italy.

The jurisdiction over liability actions of directors of Government-held Companies was one of the most debated in Italy, being not clear if they are subject to the ordinary or to the Court of auditors jurisdiction.

The Italian legislator has finally removed the VAT legislation gap between Italy and the most part of the EU countries. The new Italian VAT regime arise from a specific option rendered by the EU legislation since 1979.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of Europe's economy. They represent the major of all businesses in the EU, and in the past years, they have considerably increased the percentage of employees in the whole territory.

In the context of family businesses, it is common to hear about the possible advantages or benefits of the creation of holding companies, companies whose main purpose is to hold shares in another companies.

Frequently the European headquarters that own directly a company based in Italy asked “why the balance sheet is not ready?”.

The Labour Court number 33 of Barcelona in a ruling of December 23, 2016 has declared the dismissal of a worker on temporary disability leave caused by an accident at work.

In order to attract high skilled subjects the Government provides a tax bonus in favor of those who moved their residency to Italy, the bonus consists of taxable income reduction of 50% for five years.

A recent U.S. Supreme Court copyright decision analyzing cheerleader uniforms may have a profound impact on retailers, and on the fashion industry in particular.

Colombian justice denied registration of "Cafe Soma" after recognizing gourmet coffee shop "OMA" as a well-known trademark.

The possibility of limiting liability by allocating just a part of the estate to a particular business was one of the major successes of the legal development in the tradition of Roman law.

A special tax regime has been introduced in Italy, effective from January 1, 2017, in favour of high net worth individuals who decide to move in Italy and meet specific conditions