Italy government is considering tax breaks for small Italian investors who buy domestic government bonds and keep them to maturity (update)
- The goal is to have households buy 20 percent of Italy’s annual debt issuance
- unclear whether Italy’s Finance Minister Giovanni Tria was in favour of this measure.
- A flat tax on personal income will be postponed to 2020
- Only taxpayers who owe up to 1 million euros to Italy’s tax agency will be eligible for a tax amnesty under discussion in Italy