Antirust EU tax position of the Church in Italy

Aug 29

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European Commission to the tax status of churches in Italy "facilitated" by financial 2006. Still to be decided if it will open an investigation into illegal state aid. Jonathan Todd, spokesman for Competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes said that the EU Commission will ask the Italian government "for additional information on certain tax advantages of churches in Italy." In the viewfinder of the Commission is defined as the last There's financial government Berlusconi which provides among other information from the exemption of property of property of the Church engaged in commercial purposes. This exemption is also provided for the other churches of different religions that have entered into an agreement with the Italian State and the non-profit activity. In addition, the Commission also wants to build on tax reductions (50%) granted to commercial enterprises of the Church cattolica.Jonathan Todd wants to get some light on the suggested benefits of the Church in Italy has come, in fact some forms of esezioni Ici, on this regard Archbishop Giuseppe Betori, secretary of the Italian Episcopal Conference, is known, through a newspaper article on the Catholic "future" information from which the exemption applies only to assets relidgiose and social significance and is quite equal to one of which benefit from the other non-commercial entities, in particular the third sector. Those who deny such an attitude of the state manifests a substantial distrust towards moltepici social systems of different inspirations, particularly active in challenging the poverty and hardship. " The involvement of 'European Antitrust is a CONSEQUENTIAL reports of Italians, of which Todd is not covered by identity, nel2006 matches. It would not be the first time, after Belgium and Spain that the Commission is to investigate attiverebbbe tax but would be the first that the subject is the Church.