De Morgen last Sept. 24 titled "massive return of capital from abroad." The article explains how pensioners and employers (to underline the subject of the sentence: retirees and entrepreneurs), which in the past have moved their savings accounts in Switzerland or Luxembourg, are gradually repatriating their money, because of international pressure on tax havens. In the last two G20, in essence, and 'decided to force the big banks of tax havens (Luxembourg, Switzerland, Cayman Islands) to disclose the lists of holders of foreign accounts, in order to punish them in their homelands (United States, France, Belgium, Italy). Well, the owners Belgian foreign accounts are voluntarily repatriating their capital dirty in an attempt to clean them. Cleaned up? Paying the state a penalty of 5% of capital value. How much? Five percent? Where did I already 'heard that five percent? Maybe so reviled in the tax amnesty proposed by Berlusconi and fiercely criticized by the usual Di Pietro, Travaglio, Beppe Grillo ... How 'can ask anybody in Belgium some fierce criticism in an approved measure to come in 2004, 5 years before, but in Italy is so pissed off some unsuspecting censors? For the case of Belgium and 'devoid of censors? To this I could not answer. Pero '.
Back to subjects, as outlined at the beginning: pensioners and entrepreneurs in Belgium, entrepreneurs, mobsters, corrupt politicians and professionals in Italy (Valentino Rossi primaries large clinics). Big difference, really. Another difference: in Belgium the estimate of capital repatriated and ' of about 2 billion € for 2009 in Italy between 50 and 100 billion € . Taking into account the difference in population and wealth, the Italians are in a hurry to repatriate funds from abroad nearly 10 times more blacks' of the Belgians. For every million € repatriated by the Belgians, the Italians returning almost 10. Why
'rush?
If I wanted to Valentino Rossi and avoid the pain in the ass with the Guardia di Finanza, sending my millions, taking advantage of 5%. If I were a imprenditoricchio Monza with 3 fabbrichette and wanted to avoid the pain in the ass with the Guardia di Finanza, sending my millions, taking advantage of 5%. But if I were a mafia boss? The Guardia di Finanza to me makes me a mustache, 'cause I should return my billions? Perhaps because 'someone has promised lucrative investments?