Italy

Firm overview

Supported by the international, multidisciplinary Deloitte network, about 700 Tax professionals in thirteen Italian cities (Bologna, Genova, Padova, Catania, Milano, Roma, Firenze, Napoli, Torino, Parma, Treviso, Varese, Bari) and desks in New York and Hong Kong, combining a broad range of professional experience with industry-specialist knowledge. STS Deloitte is able to provide its clients with advice and assistance on both Italian matters and cross borders matters with a complete range of services, paying attention to the technical aspects, in the following areas:

• Business Tax
• International Tax
• VAT & Global Trade Advisory
• Global Employer Services (GES)
• Transfer Pricing
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Tax Controversy
• IT Tax tools (TMC)
• Business Process Solutions (BPS)
• Global Investment and Innovation Incentives (Gi3)
• Private Client Services

Since a few years now, STS Deloitte (part of the Deloitte Network) has become the largest tax practice in Italy in terms of the number of full-time dedicated transfer pricing professionals (tax specialists, lawyers, analysts and economists), grouped in one national service line (set up in 1999). The team located in five different geographical locations in is led by Aldo Castoldi.

STS-Deloitte transfer pricing SL:

• has a “passion” for innovation and assisted in the negotiation and conclusion of the first Italian Advance Pricing Agreement (APA), in the first settlement of an Italian transfer pricing case through the European Union Mutual Agreement and Arbitration Convention;
• assisted clients in the two first ever contemporaneous multilateral audits jointly carried out by the Italian and German Tax Authority;
• have been developing and implementing IT Tools and solutions for TP Documentation and Analytics projects.

Firm overview

Firm overview

Hager&Partners was founded in 1995 and today has offices in Bolzano, Milan and Rome. The Firm is composed of approximately 110 staff members, of which 70 professionals and is member of NEXIA International network.

The Firm offers consultancy in national and international tax and company law, corporate finance, M&A, accounting and auditing, and is particularly oriented towards large multinational groups, midcap companies and high net worth individuals. The Firm has a remarkable international attitude: half of the clients are Italian branches of foreign-based companies (also listed in the stock exchange), and many of them are from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Continental Europe, as well as from UK, USA, China, Turkey, Caucasian Region.

Hager&Partners counts on a fully-dedicated transfer pricing & tax value chain department: team members positively couple strong knowledge and widespread experience on transfer pricing, business economics, international taxation, internationalization of enterprises, business organization.

The department advises on:

• design of TP policies
• preparation of TP documentation
• benchmarking analyses (including any type of financial transactions)
• business (re)structuring
• IP box regimes and intangible assets optimization; global expansion services
• tax controversy
• bilateral and multilateral APA
• MAP

Firm overview

Tax Bridge is a tax advisory with a focus on International taxation, Tax Control Framework, and Tax litigation, led by partners with years of recognized experience in the Internal Revenue Service, Tax Boutiques, and Economic Consultings.

Tax Bridge supports big corporations, as well as SMEs, in building a long-term relationship with the tax authorities based on competence, transparency and independence, in a new mindset of cooperation, aimed at reducing tax risks and securing cash flows.

Tax Bridge focusses on a narrow range of tax services, including:

1) International taxation and Transfer pricing, where we developed a solid methodology to deal with Advance Pricing Agreements;
2) Cooperative Compliance and Tax Control Framework, being on the forefront on the implementation of integrated systems for the detection, measurement, management and control of tax risk;
3) Tax litigation and Tax benefits.

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Firm overview

Firm overview