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Giovanni Cali

Partner

CMS Adonnino Ascoli & Cavasola Scamoni
Via A. Depretis 86
00184 Rome
Italy
Languages Italian, English, French

Giovanni B. Calì is a partner in the Rome office and is a member of the Tax department. In 1994 he was appointed as partner.

He mainly carries out consultancy in the field of tax and corporate affairs. His areas of specialization include:

  • tax and corporate law aspects of domestic and cross border M&A transactions; 
  • transfer pricing policies and documentation as well as procedures to prevent or resolve the relevant disputes (advance pricing agreements and mutual agreement procedures);
  • international taxation in general, including issues relevant to residence and the transfer of residence from or to Italy, the taxation of Italian permanent establishments of companies resident abroad and the taxation of foreign permanent establishments of companies resident in Italy, the application of bilateral treaties to avoid double taxation and of the EU directive on the taxation of dividends, interest and royalties, anti-tax haven rules, CFC rules and foreign tax credit issues;
  • the application of VAT in cross border transactions as well as in the real estate industry and in the financial sector.

His clients are mainly corporations belonging to multinational groups operating in the following sectors: energy, oil and gas, travel and leisure, electronic, pharmaceutical, real estate, insurance. He is president or member of the board of statutory auditors of a number of major companies.

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Education

  • 1995 - Registered in the List of Certified Auditors
  • 1991 - Member of the Register of the Professional Accountants of Rome
  • 1989 - "LUISS Guido Carli" University of Rome, Economics and Business degree
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07/10/2018
IBA Annual Conference 2018
Several of our partners will be at the IBA Annual Meeting in Rome, Italy, representing a range of jurisdictions, practice areas and sector specialisms. To arrange a meeting during the IBA, please contact...
01/06/2017
Tax Connect Flash | Italy | Important changes to Italian Transfer Pricing...
Decree n. 50/2017 (which entered into force on 24 April 2017 and has to be implemented within the next 60 days) introduced important improvements to Italian transfer pricing rules, with particular reference...
24/05/2017
The New Domestic Definition of the “Arm’s Length Principle”
Decree n. 50/2017 (entered into force on 24 April 2017 and to be implemented within the next 60 days) modifies art. 110 section 7 of the Corporate Income Tax Code by introducing a new domestic definition...
22/05/2017
The New Domestic Definition of the “Arm’s Length Principle”
Decree n. 50/2017 (entered into force on 24 April 2017 and to be implemented within the next 60 days) modifies art. 110 section 7 of the Corporate Income Tax Code by introducing a new domestic definition...
12/05/2017
Important changes to Italian Transfer Pricing Rules
Decree n. 50/2017 (which entered into force on 24 April 2017 and has to be implemented within the next 60 days) introduced important improvements to Italian transfer pricing rules, with particular reference...
18/10/2016
Law Firms and the food sector
CMS Italy’s team dedicated to food is comprised of Partners Paola Ghezzi, Fabrizio Spagnolo and Giovanni Calì in addition to four Associates.  The team, whose main practice areas include commercial...
06/05/2015
Transfer pricing newsletter - May 2015
Practical consequences of not having a transfer pricing documentation While transfer pricing documentation requirement is not a new issue, it remains more than ever topical. Over the last years, many...
11/07/2013
CMS Tax Connect guide: Transfer Pricing – Managing documentation requirements...
The determination and verification of a transfer pricing policy involves the consideration of a range of information not necessarily contained in the documents that must be usually submitted to a tax...
01/09/2010
Italian Bulletin on International Tax Rulings
15/07/2010
Italy: Tax authorities released the first bulletin on international tax...
13/07/2010
Italy: no capital gain taxation on foreign groups restructuring Italian...
13/07/2010
Tax Connect Flash | Italy: no capital gain taxation on foreign groups restructuring...
The creation of an Italian sub-holding company is useful, inter alia, to claim the fiscal consolidation regime. If a tax treaty does not exist or if a treaty (e.g., the Italy – France tax treaty) does...