A special tax regime has been just introduced in Italy, effective from January 1, 2019, in favor of retired individuals who receive a foreign pension, decide to move in Italy.

Effective from the fiscal year starting after the fiscal year in progress to December 31, 2018 (i.e. from January 1, 2019 for calendar year companies), new Italian CFC rules were introduced.

The National Government seeks to promote a "Knowledge Economy Law" that replaces the current Software Law, with the ambitious objective of covering such important areas as robotics and biogenetics.

The Foreign Investment Law allowed the year 2012 that foreign capital participated in investments that aimed at the acquisition of properties.

In recent days the Motivated Opinion that the European Commission addressed to the Kingdom of Spain in February 2017 in relation to model 720 has been made public.

Italian Parliament approved the compulsory introduction, with some exemptions, of the electronic business-to-business (B2B) invoicing, effective from January 1st, 2019.

EU-Regulation 2018/1672 provides to introduce measures aimed at disrupting and cutting off the financial sources of criminals and terrorists and repeals Reg. (EC) 1889/2005 from 3 June 2021.

Blockchain, a technology that facilitates efficient sharing of data, is being hailed as the next technological revolution, and it is suggested that this ‘disruptive technology’ may impact upon our lives to the same extent as the internet.

The Netherlands offers a highly competitive business and investment climate. The pro-business environment and supporting policies have greatly increased the international popularity of the Netherlands as an investment location.