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Studio Tributario e Societario Deloitte | STS Deloitte

Italy

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Key contacts
Country Tax Leader: Alessandro Lualdi
Tax Partner – Head of Transfer Pricing: Aldo Castoldi
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Deloitte

Key practice areas
General corporate tax
Indirect tax
Private client
Tax
Tax controversy
Transactional tax
Transfer pricing
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.
Key practice areas
  • Compliance Management
  • Business Model Optimisation
  • Economic Modelling
  • Policy Design
  • IP Management
  • Corporate Tax Matters
  • Restructuring
  • APAs
  • M&A
  • Financial Services
  • Corporate Taxes
  • Technology
  • Cryptocurrency
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Pre-litigation
  • MAPs/ADRs
  • Litigation
  • Tax Advisory
  • Tax Consulting
  • International Tax Advisory
  • US Inbound
  • Indirect Tax
  • VAT
  • Customs
Sector expertise
  • Automotive
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Consumer Goods and Services
  • Energy
  • Financial Services
  • Food and Beverage
  • Gaming
  • Healthcare
  • Insurance
  • Media
  • Natural Resources
  • Oil and Gas
  • Pharma and Life Sciences
  • Real Estate
  • Shipping
  • Tech and Telecoms
  • Tourism
Key practice contacts and recent matter highlights

Business Tax
Stefano Mazzotti
smazzotti@sts.deloitte.it

International Tax
Luca Bosco
lubosco@sts.deloitte.i

Transfer Pricing
Aldo Castoldi
acastoldi@sts.deloitte.it

Global Investment and Innovation Incentives (GI3)
Ranieri Villa
ravilla@sts.deloitte.it

Indirect Tax
Antonio Piciocchi
apiciocchi@sts.deloitte.it

Global Trade Advisory
Pier Paolo Ghetti
pghetti@sts.deloitte.it

Global Employer Services
Simone Viligiardi
sviligiardi@sts.deloitte.it

Tax Controversy
Matteo Costigliolo
mcostigliolo@sts.deloitte.it

It Tax Tools (TMC)
Stefano Mazzotti
smazzotti@sts.deloitte.it

Mergers & Acquisitions
Francesco Saltarelli
fsaltarelli@sts.deloitte.it

Business Process Solutions (BPS)
Roberto Rocchi
rrocchi@sts.deloitte.it

Offices
  • Milano
  • Bologna
  • Firenze
  • Genova
  • Padova
  • Roma
  • Torino
  • Napoli
  • Catania
  • Parma
  • Bari
  • Varese
  • Treviso
  • Parma
  • Bari
  • Varese
  • Treviso
Address:
Via Tortona 25
Milano, 20144
Tel: +39 02 83324111 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://www.deloitte.com

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