There is a lot of speculation around but it seems certain that ICI will return on the prima casa although at a lower rate than previously.
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There was a change the Codice Stradale last year and now Regions can set their own rules for use of snow chains and/or snow tyres.
Tue, 11/29/2011 - 10:49
When walking in the woods in the mountains this weekend we saw a tree I have never seen before. It has leaves like a birch and hadfruit growing in clusters.
Sun, 11/20/2011 - 17:48
Does anyone use ENI for gas & electricity? I fancy their new boiler deal but you need to be a client of gas and electricity.
Fri, 11/18/2011 - 08:25
Hi, sorry for the short notice (only just seen the poster) but there is a meeting tonight at 9pm regarding healthcare in this area. It will be attended by the Vice President of the Marche Regon & the Marche Health Assessor.
Fri, 06/03/2011 - 04:47
Can anyone in or around Ventimiglia tell me what it is like getting over the border to France/Monaco at the moment? We have a small baby and don't want to get stuck on a train/in the car for hours at some checkpoint. Thanks
Wed, 04/20/2011 - 09:30
Hi, could someone help with some translation please? I have a quote from a geometra but I don't understand the first 2 items and how they differ from the other 3.
Fri, 04/01/2011 - 10:28
Did anyone go to the meeting in the town hall last Monday about parking in Amandola? I couldn't go but wondered what was said.
Wed, 02/02/2011 - 12:40
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Can't you renew it online and get someone to sedn yuo the tax disc? Either that or register it as SORN (statutory off road notice) so that road tax isn't due and buy a disc before you leave the UK.
How about a gas tumble dryer - very popular in the US: http://www.onedry.it/ or http://www.asciugatriciagas.it/1/prodotti_583102.html I can't find prices today but when I lokked before they were between 1400 & 1800 euro.
It is the ground services staff who are threatening to disrupt services at Stansted. Link here: http://www.gmb.org.uk/Templates/PressItems.asp?NodeID=99167
Thanks for the info Steve. I'll see how I get on.
Steve,when i bought my house, there was no libretto (the boiler is about 10 years old). What can I do in these circumstances? Thanks,Penny
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Hmmmm. Income tax is higher in Italy but you can offset so many more things against your tax bill so I'm beginning to think it is swings and roundabouts. Mortgage interest relief, medical bills, contact lenses & glasses, car costs etc etc.For us it is the ridiculously high INPS that is the killer. That and the endless permits & permissions for each individual comune if you want to do business. Especially as the National Park where we have a business comes under four different provinces and two different regions. Gives me a headache just thinking about it. Personally, I would have said €15,000 to €20,000 a year would be sufficient if you don't want to do anything extravagant or have any big car repair bills or try to renovate a house.
It's interesting going to bigger towns. I remember being in Fermo one evening in a very nice wine bar when a couple of women dropped in for a couple of glasses of wine after work (no food - just wine) just like in the UK and no-one batted an eyelid. It would be different here!I suspect Russ's answer re the personal ads is correct. The Italian eqivalent of the Thai bride scenario. Poeta, I wouldn't believe too much of what you read in the papers about Italy. To be honest, it gives us a good laugh. According to a lot of the UK press, Italy has been in recession for at least the last 5 years. I wonder who has been buying all the new appartments and building those new factories you see on the way to the coast then? Anyway - which figures were they using? teh official ones? What about the black economy?I read a great book which explained Italy's fondness for Mussolini and how he could have ever been elected. I suspect the same reasons apply to Berlusconi. He is the epitomy of the self-made man. An Italian friend of ours was telling us that none of his friends were the least bit bothered by Berlusconis alledged antics with prostitues but were very dismayed and irate at the fact some of it took place in the equivalent of 10 Downing Street. He was concerned about the security risk - how did they smuggle cameras and sound recording equipment in? A very different perspective to the international press.
I tell you what is interesting. If you look in the back of Corriere Annunci (local free ads paper with a lonely hearts section), lots of Italian men are looking for non Italian women. They actually say they don't want any Italian women, only Russian, Ukranian etc. What is that all about???
Do it quietly if at all possible. Maybe put your stuff on someone else's stall and pay them a small cut, otherwise there are the licences, tax and INPS for "commercianti" (currently €2800 a year).