Italy Cross Border Resources

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Contents 1 Country Information - Italy 2 Immigration issues 3 Cash management 4 Housing issues 5 Tax Planning 6 Investment Planning 7 Risk management 8 Retirement Planning 9 Estate Planning and Succession Taxes 10 Local Regulation 11 Referrals to Local Financial Planners

Country Information - Italy

In an effort to provide information on financial planning issues in Italy, FPA volunteers have gathered the following links together to point you towards a variety of different resources.

Each link has a descriptive tag explaining what type of site the link goes to. The tags are:

• GOV for government or regulatory sites • ORG for non-profit or association sites • EDU for academic or educational sites • COM for commercial sites, such as product providers

Virtually all of the links lead off of FPA's Web site.

Quality of life – local flavor and customs

• http://www.lifeinitaly.com/ (com)
• http://www.italplanet.it/ (Italian com)
• http://www.economist.com/countries/Italy/ (com)

Health

• http://www.knowital.com/tourist/italy-health.html (com)
• http://wwwn.cdc.gov/travel/destinationItaly.aspx (gov)
• http://www.justlanded.com/english/Italy/Topics/Health (com)

Social Security coverage

• http://www.socialsecurity.gov/policy/docs/progdesc/ssptw/2006-2007/europe/italy.html (gov)** * http://www.ssa.gov/international/Agreement_Pamphlets/italy.html (gov)
• http://www.inps.it/ (Italian gov)

Education standards

• http://www.expatsite.com/countryprofile/countryprofile_topic.php3?ctry=30&topic=schools (com)
• http://www.ilsegnalibro.com/educatio.html (com)

Ex-pats opinions on quality of life

• http://groups.msn.com/expatsinItaly/_homepage.msnw?pgmarket=en-us (com)

Immigration issues

• http://www.inail.it/ (org)

Legal Residency

• http://www.lifeinitaly.com/moving/permesso.asp (com)

Visas and immigration requirements

• http://didattica.polito.it/ (Italian org)
• http://www.workpermit.com/news/2007-05-10/italy/italy-may-ease-immigration-laws.htm (com)

Exchange Control

• http://uif.bancaditalia.it/UICFEWebroot/indexHP.jsp?lingua=en (gov)

Cash management

Bank accounts

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/languages/italian/forwork/gettingthere/bank_account.shtml (com)

Currency conversion

• http://www.xe.com/ucc/ (com)

Education costs

• http://www.worldwide.edu/ci/italy (edu)

Cost of living analysis

• http://www.justlanded.com/english/Italy/Tools/Just-Landed-Guide/Money/Cost-of-Living (com)
• http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/3/12963_space.html (com)

Housing issues

• http://www.expatsite.com/countryprofile/countryprofile_topic.php3?ctry=30&topic=housing (com)
• http://www.mercato-immobiliare.com/ (Italian com)(/indent)

Tax Planning

• http://www.agenziaentrate.it/ (Italian gov)
• http://www.finanze.it/ (Italian gov)

Determining liability for income and gains taxes

• http://www.worldwide-tax.com/italy/italy_tax.asp (com)
• http://www.justlanded.com/english/Italy/Tools/Just-Landed-Guide/Money/Income-Tax-Rates (com)

Determining liability for estate taxes

• http://www.fiscoetasse.com/index.php?iditem=55 (Italian com)

Foreign Tax Credit arrangements

• http://www.worldwide-tax.com/italy/ita_double.asp (com)

Local taxation of non-local pensions and investments

• http://www.ejn.it/legal/i_usa.htm (Italian org)

Investment Planning

• http://www.bancaditalia.it/bancaditalia (gov)
• http://www.nafop.it/ (Italian org)
• http://www.ilsole24ore.com/ (Italian com)

Asset Allocation viewed globally

• http://www.investinitaly.com/ (com)

Risk management

Local litigation risks

• http://www.consumatori.it/giustizia/foro.htm (Italian org)
• http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=22489 (com)

Liability Insurance

• http://www.expatexchange.com/rgall.cfm?categoryID=9&networkID=159 (com)
• http://www.stranieriinitalia.it/italiano/page4/rca.htm (Italian org)
• http://www.justlanded.com/english/Italy/Tools/Directory/Money/Insurance-Companies (com)

Health Insurance

• http://www.italytravelescape.com/Health%20system.htm (com)

Property Insurance

• http://www.casatravella.com/Legalities/Property%20Insurance.htm (com)
• http://www.expatexchange.com/rgall.cfm?categoryID=9&networkID=159 (com)

Retirement Planning

• http://www.covip.it/ (Italian gov)

Local pension design and tax structure on encashment

• http://www.inps.it/ (Italian gov)
• http://ec.europa.eu/employment_social/spsi/docs/social_protection/2006/italy_en.pdf (gov)

Social Security agreements between countries

• http://www.ssa.gov/international/totalization_agreements.html (gov)

Transferability of Pensions

• http://www.migpolgroup.com/multiattachments/2557/DocumentName/ItalyImmigrationLabourMarketStrategyChaloff.pdf (com)

Estate Planning and Succession Taxes

• http://euro.finanze.it/successioni.htm (gov)

Local taxation of non-local trusts

• http://www.cugit.it/default2.htm (Italian org)

Local Regulation

• http://www.consob.it/mainen/index.html?mode=gfx (gov)
• http://www.consob.it/mainen/documenti/english/laws/reg16191e.htm?symblink=/mainen/markets/regulated_markets/reg16191e.htm (gov)

Referrals to Local Financial Planners

• Please note that the CFP mark is not granted in Italy.
• http://www.consob.it/mainen/target/investors/dos/index.html (gov)

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