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When the UK deregulated there were loads of complaints about people who had changed supplier without realising it.  And now its happeneing here.  I was in the Enel office the other day and all the people in the queue had chaned their supplier to one of the new companies without having signed anything, asked or requested.  So be very wary if someone comes and offers you a fabulous new contract, because you may find that you have been changed!  

I buy online from belliarte.it  much cheaper!  

  You would have a capital gain on any profit minus invoiced work made on the property if you did not take 'prima casa' on your purchase - as its a ruin I doubt that you did.  If it were a prima casa there would be capital gain if you sold and had residence for less than half the amount of time that you had owned the property.   

 I think not.  You would have to buy into to mediaset to get that option, and frankly Sky beats mediset hands down on the quality of programming

 If you invoice from France - even if in a webcloud - nobody would know that you are not spending more than 184 days outside France.  You're in Sicily, so frankly I would just say you are always here on holiday - if you have no Italian income and dont want to offset expenses against ITalian tax - or rather you dont want an Italian tax presence - I dont see the problem.  If you start working here though, its a different paio di maniche.  Any Sicilian commercialista would tell you the same! 

Enel will send you a form to complete - you should request it by phone if possible, and they will send you it when they're ready.  It needs to be completed and returned.   

It's true Hitler was involved in an atttempted coup in Bavaria and was imprisoned, but was democratically elected to parliament afterwards.   Berlusconi was prosecuted in the P2 trial - with P2, we are led to understand, wanting to change the government of Italy.  Last week he has been clearly implicated and indicted in the Fininvest scandal with a fine of 750 million euros.   Other court cases at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvio_Berlusconi#Legal_Problems - some dropped due to the statute of limitations passed by Berlusconi,  which also came into effect in the bribes to Craxi case.   He has also been indicted in Spain for tax fraud.I dont think anyone on this thread who has opposing ideas to yours is being anti-democratic, they are merely enjoying the democratic freedom to air their opinions without being harangued and blasted as communists,  as the Prime Minister seems to do to anyone who disagrees with him.  His outburst on Porta a Porta last week was shameful - but to be expected. I don't quite understnad your argument that Italians have more right to elect a government than others.  Presumably the same argument would make the British election system only open to those who are British, even though there are Non Brits who have lived in Britain for many years..  Personally, having voluntarily cut all ties with the UK, except for my passport, I would not vote, even though eligibile, in a British election, whereas your point of view would be that even though I might live here for 40 years, pay taxes, provide work,  support the community and have permanent residency would not qualify me to vote in my adopted country - because Im british.  I can however, vote for David Cameron even though I have nothing to do with UK in any shape or form - a strange idea of democracy at work.   

 harrumph - Comunes are independent and can do what they like under the constitution - Berlusconi or central government cannot intervene unless they chenge the law which they havent.   As far as I am aware B has done nothing to help small businesses either open or continue in business other than a minor tweak to the date of fatturabilità.    There has been no change in the university system in the last 50 years. until 1933 Hitler did operate within the democratic system - it was the burning of the Reichstag that started the 'dictatorship'As to whether it is appalling that someone living in a country, paying tax and using the services is allowed to vote in the that country - i would say its more acceptable than voting for a parliament in a country that you have elected to leave and have no fiscal ties with, yet are allowed to vote in elections solely because of your nationality...... (see UK) The question is not whether Berlusconi is liked or not - the nub of it is that he has been convicted of fraud and bribery more than once.  He presides over a party where 23 of his party members are convicted of various crimes including mafia association and has an evident conflict of interests that would not be allowed in any other developed country.  In a country where 80% of Italians take their news from tv - of which 80% of viewing share is owned by Berlusconi it is completely understandable that he might be piqued about foreign press coverage - which can be regarded as being objective (even if some of it comes from Murdoch owned papers).   I do not doubt that he is an expert politician, knows that saying the same thing often enough becomes truth, etc etc - but whether he is good for Italy is a different argument - I cannot respect a prime minister who says that only the stupid pay taxes.  We look to politicians and especially high government office to set the example - and he is sadly lacking in that area. 

 for a single person its 6041 euros,  For a married couple its 10.600 and rises to 12500 (I think) with children.You can self certify, and show  a bank statement, English or Italian to show you have some money in the bank.   

 Politics and the law being intertwined as usual.  The throwing out of Lodo Alfano, although touted by the PdL as being a witch hunt against berlusconi has no political importance in itself.  The ruling is purely on a constitutional basis - that the law they wanted to bring in is against article 3 of the constitution.  Its effects however, are wide reaching.  Berlusconi and the right are saying its a left wing conspiracy designed to bring down the government.  For a casual onlooker, the cases against Berlusconi - corruption of the judiciary, embezzlement and paying bribes would not be permitted for any member of parliament in another European country not to mention a Prime minister.  Berlusconi and his press continue to say that his popularity is what is important, but there again an indicted criminal in power is not unusual in Italy.