The owner of five Ferraris claims an income of €1,000 ($1,200) a month. A restaurant owner purchases a €750,000 home but declares nil income. An owner of a large property portfolio never files tax returns. Cases like these are part of the colourful patchwork of Italian tax evasion, which is estimated to cost the country around €100 billion a year, equivalent to some 6% of gdp. Little wonder that the government is trying harder to collect the money.
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