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 wtf. 

https://watcher.guru/news/italy-to-raise-capital-gains-tax-on-bitcoin-from-26-to-42 
 Sounds like somebody is moving! :)  
 portugal still have 0% capital gains on criptos held for more than one year. 
 Not fair 😔 
 The government's greed never ends 
 Welp, that takes Italy permanently off my list of places to reside in. Thats just outright criminal, then again, any taxation is theft.  
 Uff all this extreme stances all the time about "all taxation is theft..." 

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 My money being stolen from me against my will going to things I dont approve of or want my money to go to all in the name of "taxes" is not only theft but criminal. 
 Intresting view. But I would not agree in total. In regimes, that harm human rights, there I can understand this view.


"Locke used the claim that men are naturally free and equal as part of the justification for understanding legitimate political government as the result of a social contract where people in the state of nature conditionally transfer some of their rights to the government in order to better ensure the stable, comfortable enjoyment of their lives, liberty, and property. Since governments exist by the consent of the people in order to protect the rights of the people and promote the public good, governments that fail to do so can be resisted and replaced with new governments. Locke is thus also important for his defense of the right of revolution."
(https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/) 
 Agree! But consider that nobody pays taxes in Italy. beside the one taken from salaries of course  
 Holy crap. Tragic move that will lead to a self-inflicted wound as talent starts to leave. 
 Talent has been leaving for a while 
 All EU countries will have to get money somewhere, more countries will follow 
 Mamma Mia! 
 Exactly. 
 Time for an offshore holding company 
 how does it work in europe? can you declare taxes on a country different from your nationality? (my wife just got her italian citizenship, and i was planning on moving to portugal, could she pay her taxes in portugal?) 
 The country you spend most of your time in claims a right to your taxes, so she’ll have to pay taxes where she lives most of the year. 
 Bitcoin IS the offshore holding company. 
 What's even more troubling is the rationale: "since cryptocurrencies are becoming more popular, we are going to increase their taxation".
That was it.
https://youtu.be/yaUpHFb81bQ?si=62kWSIOIqTm3XDUn&t=490 
 che criminalità.  
 Great incentive to hodl and use Bitcoin as collateral for lending.   
 Già la faccia la dice tutta 
 This will lead to less tax revenue though because it’ll encourage people either to leave or to HODL. 
 Other. Side. Of. The. Border!!! 
 Which one? 
 CH-IT 
 🏔️ 
 Hop over the border to Italian Switzerland, and enjoy a nice round 0% capital gains tax, on Bitcoin or otherwise. 😉 🇨🇭 
 Where? In Campione d’Italia town? 
 The government never generates "revenue" - they simply steal from the populace via taxes (and other illicit means). 
 🤦‍♂️ 
 Guess we won't be moving our Headquarters to Italy. We'll still travel there for Pasta though.  
 Só não trocar por dinheiro falso que não pagará nada.

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 Very sad for all of us living here. Yet at the end there's plenty of ways not to pay taxes in Italy  
 Io non ho più parole, Jeff… 🤮 
 Veramente.  
 This is madness