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ITALY Newsletter

Amici di Italy Magazine,

This week we explored some "very Italian" habits.

We started with John Bensalhia interesting and fun feature about an indispensable tool for all Italians, the bidet. A source of laughs or a force for hygienic good? He certainly gets to the bottom of it;)!

La Bella Figura, how Italian is that? But are you sure you really got what Italians mean when they talk about "fare una Bella Figura"? And do you know this has its opposite "la brutta figura"? Find out more reading Carol King's article.

With its distinctive red, white and green tricolore ingredients Insalata Caprese literally flies the flag for all Italian salads. Do not miss this feature about the origins of this Italian summery dish and the tips to prepare a real Caprese.

A presto!

We are hearing of increasing numbers of non-Italians getting stung for not filing tax returns in Italy. Are you sure you shouldn't be filing too? Remember, if you earn any income at all in Italy, for example from renting out your property, you should be filing. If your house has a catastal value of over €500, you should be filing. If you live in Italy for most of the tax year, you should be filing.

It's not too late - the Revenue have extended the deadline for filing until 20th August. If you are in any doubt as to what your obligations are, please get in touch.

And if you want to check your catastal value, just send us your codice fiscale and we'll get a certificate to you FREE OF CHARGE.

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