The Italian government passed Law Decree No. 138 in August, which includes a number of fiscal measures aimed at allowing Italy to balance its budget in 2013, rather than in 2014, by way of reducing expenditures and increasing taxes. Fulvia Astolfi and Maria Cristina Conte of Hogan Lovells analyse the changes with a focus on the tax treatment of asset-backed securities.
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