Italy to replace ‘hated’ company levy after judge rules it illegal

Advocate General Francis Jacobs of the European Court of Justice ruled on 17 March 2005 (see Related URL) that a regional tax on production levied in Italy, known by the acronym IRAP, is illegal.

Europa: Eur-lex: Case-law: CURIA: Case C-475/03 http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=en&Submit=Submit&alldocs=alldocs&docj=docj&docop=docop&docor=docor&docjo=docjo&numaff=&datefs=&datefe=&nomusuel=&domaine=&mots=irap&resmax=100

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