Italy explains treatment of debt into equity investments

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Italy explains treatment of debt into equity investments

With the release of Circular 42/E, the Italian tax administration provided clarification regarding the methods of application of article 113 of the Italian Tax Code. Fulvia Astolfi and Antonella Prencipe of Hogan Lovells explain.

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