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  • Algebris Investments (UK) LLP is Authorised and Regulated by the Financial Services Authority

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    Italy: Problems, Consequences and Recommendations

    Davide Serra

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    Agenda

    A. Problems

    B. Future consequences

    C. Recommendations

    2

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    640%

    680%

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    0%

    1%

    2%

    3%

    4%

    5%Debt/GDP Italy avg. Growth OECD avg. growth

    A. The problem: High debt, low growth

    GDP Growth % - 5 years rolling average vs. Debt / GDP %

    Source: OECD, ISTAT

    First Republic Second Republic

    3

    Deb

    t/G

    DP

    Third

    Republic

    Debt/GDP now

    at 130%+

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    Why does debt increase and growth decrease?

    1. Chronic tax evasion

    2. The tax evasion party

    3. Overly complex tax system

    4. High public expenditure vs. poor public services

    5. High cost for public employees

    6. High pension costs

    Debt / GDP Growth

    1. Low business competitiveness

    2. Low market share in key sectors

    3. High tax rates

    4. Corruption

    5. Low labour productivity

    6. Low labour participation

    7. High energy costs

    8. Inefficient legal system

    9. Low R&D investments

    4

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    Why debt increases: 1. Tax evasion...

    0.4

    1

    1.3

    2.2

    2.4

    3.5

    3.9

    4

    4.5

    6.2

    6.5

    7.9

    11.2

    12.1

    17.4

    Norway (2005)

    Netherlands (1995)

    Australia (2001)

    Canada (2008)

    Denmark (2003)

    Belgium (2002)

    France (2008)

    Ireland (1998)

    Sweden (2005)

    United States (2005)

    Austria (2004)

    United Kingdom (2009)

    Spain (2000)

    Mexico (2003)

    Italy (2012)

    Mario Monti, Aug 2012: Tax evasion produces a huge damage in the perception of our country abroad. I believe that Italy is in this difficult position especially because of this..

    Source: Una nota sulle determinanti dell'economia sommersa, Confcommercio, May 2011

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    The shadow economy [% of GDP]

    Shadow economy determinants:Public expenditures efficiency perception

    Ease of paying taxesEfficacy and efficiency of the legal system

    Average tax rate

    Little tangible improvement has been made!

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    17.9%

    19.0%

    18.6%

    19.3%

    19.2%

    20.0%

    19.0%

    19.2%

    19.1%

    19.7%

    18.6%

    18.5%

    18.1%

    17.8%

    17.5%

    17.2%

    17.5%

    17.5%

    17.8%

    17.3%17.4%

    17.4%

    17%

    18%

    18%

    19%

    19%

    20%

    20%

    21%

    1992 1995 1998 2001 2004 2007 2010 2013

    ...never challenged

    Small improvements in 20 years

    Source: Fiscalita ed economia sommersa, Confcommercio, Luglio 2013

    6

    The shadow economy [% of GDP]

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    117 117126

    149 152

    13 1314

    14 13

    102 94 79 5562

    191 185189

    193

    195

    0

    50

    100

    150

    200

    250

    300

    350

    400

    450

    2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

    Tax

    Inco

    me

    (b

    n)

    Indirect Taxes Corporates&Other Self-employed Employees

    Self-employed 32%Employees 68%

    Self-employed should pay at least 45b more, 3% of GDP

    423 409 412407

    In 20 years this caused 60% of Debt / GDP

    Source: ISTAT 2010Source: MEF

    Total:

    7

    Total Tax Income

    2%

    3%

    3%

    4%

    5%

    5%

    6%

    7%

    7%

    8%

    9%

    10%

    10%

    10%

    11%

    12%

    14%

    15%

    18%

    19%

    20%

    22%

    32%

    36%

    0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%

    Romania

    Lussemburgo

    Lettonia

    Estonia

    Portogallo

    Germania

    Lituania

    Regno Unito

    Finlandia

    Cipro

    Danimarca

    Irlanda

    Bulgaria

    Austria

    Slovenia

    Paesi Bassi

    Ungheria

    Svezia

    Belgio

    Repubblica Ceca

    Polonia

    Spagna

    Italia

    Grecia

    Self-employed [% of total]

    2. The Tax Evasion Party

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    3. Overly complex tax system

    15 Payments

    269 hours per year

    720 potential tax reliefs to be checked

    8 Payments

    110 hours per year

    few tax reliefs

    Source: The World Bank, IFC Doing Business 2013

    8

    16

    18

    34

    56

    69

    72

    75

    131

    UK

    Switzerland

    Spain

    Average OECD

    US

    Germany

    Belgium

    Italy

    Ease of paying taxes (higher is worse)

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    4. High public expenditure vs. low public services

    Source: Eurostat 2011

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    Public expenditure [% of GDP] Italy Public expenditure [% of GDP] Average DE, FR, ES, UK

    7.5%

    5.9%5.6%

    4.1%

    2.0%1.8%

    Health Generalpublic

    services

    Education Economicaffairs

    Publicorder and

    safety

    Defence

    Average DE, FR, ES,UK

    7.6%

    8.3%

    4.5%

    3.8%

    1.9%1.4%

    Health Generalpublic

    services

    Education Economicaffairs

    Publicorder and

    safety

    Defence

    Italy

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    Population Public employees

    Public employees vs. Labour force

    Expenditure per employee000

    Expenditure for public wages/GDP

    65.3 millions 5,493,200 20.9%1 47.8 13.2%

    81.8millions 4,434,000 10.5% 45.0 7.7%

    63.3 millions 5,719,000 17.9% 33.8 10.8%

    60.8 millions 3,417,000 13.3% 49.5 10.6%

    46.2 millions 3,136,100 12.9% 39.4 11.1%

    5. High cost for public employees...

    In 2012 public expenses on

    employees declined 1.2% for the first time in 12 years

    Still FR/DE/ES on average spend

    11% less than Italy for every employee,

    while UK 26%

    1 Official data updated as of 2011Source: Relazione 2012 sul costo del lavoro pubblico, Corte dei Conti, Eurostat

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    ..and poor public services..

    Source: Confcommercio

    Institutions

    Healthcare

    Education

    Infrastructures

    From 2000 to

    2010 little

    improvement

    11

    0 1 2 3 4 5 6

    Mexico

    Italy

    Slovakia

    Greece

    Slovenia

    Spain

    Cyprus

    Portugal

    Ireland

    UK

    Estonia

    Norway

    Canada

    Belgium

    Holland

    Japan

    Sweden

    Denmark

    Germany

    Finland

    End 2000 End 2010

    Perception of public services (higher is better)

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    ...waste 1.6% GDP each year

    Average expenditure per public

    employee in

    UK, ES, DE, FR

    41,200

    Average expenditure per public

    employee in ITA 48,400

    If Italy lowered expenditure and

    spent the same amount as the

    average:

    ~25b savings,

    ~1.6% of GDP

    Source: Relazione 2012 sul costo del lavoro pubblico, Corte dei Conti, Regione Lombardia, Provincia di Milano

    Province of Milan:

    13 executive councillors: average compensation 71,794/year

    45 province councillors: average compensation 27,770/year

    38 executives: average compensation 110,841/year

    Lombardia Region:

    81 regional councillors: average compensation 124,621/year

    163 executives: average compensation91,149/year

    50 directors: average compensation160k/year

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    6. High pension cost

    Source: OECD Pensions Outlook 2012

    13

    Pensions expenditure [% of GDP]

    4.6%

    7.7%

    10.1%

    10.8%

    14.6%

    15.3%

    United States

    UnitedKingdom

    Spain

    Germany

    France

    Italy

    2010

    4.8%

    8.2%

    14.0%

    13.0%

    15.1%

    15.7%

    United States

    UnitedKingdom

    Spain

    Germany

    France

    Italy

    2050

    Average UK, ES, DE, FR: 10.8% of GDP

    Italy's costs would be 70bn (4.5% of GDP) lower if it spent like its neighbours!

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    Recap: Why does debt increase?

    Tax evasion = 3-4% GDP

    Public expenditure and

    wages = 1.6% GDP

    Pensions = 4.5% GDP

    ~10% of GDP wasted

    annually

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    Second problem: Growth

    1. Italy is not competitive...

    Italy ranks 49th in the WEF 2013 Global Competitiveness

    Index

    Source: 2012 World Economic Forum

    #49 Competitiveness

    #9 GDP

    #5 Debt

    15

    GCI 2012-2013

    Country/Economy Rank Score

    Switzerland 1 5.7

    Singapore 2 5.6

    Finland 3 5.5

    Germany 4 5.5

    United 5 5.5

    Sweden 6 5.5

    Hong 7 5.5

    Netherlands 8 5.4

    Japan 9 5.4

    United 10 5.4

    Norway 11 5.3

    Taiwan 12 5.3

    Qatar 13 5.2

    Canada 14 5.2

    Denmark 15 5.2

    Italy 49 4.4

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    2. Low market share in key sectors: High Tech, Cheap

    Manufacturing, Commodities

    25.8%23.7%

    21.3%18.1%

    15.0% 13.8%

    7.4% 6.4%

    China France United Kingdom United States Germany Euro Area Italy Spain

    Note: Products with high R&D; aerospace sector, computer, pharmaceuticals, scientific and electronic equipment Source: The World Bank 2012

    1,923 1,856

    1,084

    614

    308 282 268 231

    China US Japan Germany Italy Brazil France UK

    Source: The Manufacturers Organization, 2012

    16

    Most important manufacturing countries [$ bn , current prices]

    % High Tech exports in manufacturing sector 2011

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    28% 27% 28%29%

    11%

    17%

    4%5%

    Spain Italy UnitedKingdom

    Germany France

    ..in early 2000s everybody studied law!

    Until 2005 few students graduated in Science and Engineering vs. Law

    Source: Eurostat

    1998

    26%

    23%22%

    31%

    26%

    6%

    3% 4% 4%

    8%

    Spain Italy UnitedKingdom

    Germany France

    2010

    Engineering and ScienceLaw

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    3. Too high tax rates

    Tax pressure % of GDP

    20.823.1

    26.327.528.1

    34.737.337.938.739.0

    40.543.343.643.944.4

    46.446.7

    48.849.1

    52.452.853.1

    57.358.6

    65.768.5

    Luxembourg

    Cyprus

    Ireland

    Denmark

    Bulgaria

    Slovenia

    United Kingdom

    Latvia

    Spain

    FinlandNetherlands

    Portugal

    Poland

    Lithuania

    RomaniaGreece

    Germany

    Slovak Republic

    Czech Republic

    Hungary

    Sweden

    Austria

    Belgium

    Estonia

    France

    Italy

    Profits taxes

    Labour taxes

    Other taxes

    Profit taxes and social contributions rates among the highest in the world

    Italy allowed tax evasion to small corporations and squeezed the big

    ones

    Corporations dont grow and move elsewhere!

    Source: The World Bank, IFC Doing Business 2012

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    2.4

    2.5

    2.5

    2.9

    3.7

    4.2

    4.4

    4.5

    4.5

    4.9

    5.1

    5.4

    5.6

    5.7

    Slovak Republic

    Grecia

    Italia

    Portogallo

    Spagna

    Belgio

    Francia

    Giappone

    Stati Uniti

    Germania

    Danimarca

    Regno Unito

    Norvegia

    Svezia

    4. Corruption

    Source: World Economic Forum, Confcommercio 2013

    19

    Irregular payments and bribes index [1 = worst , 7 = best]

    Only Greece and Slovak Republic

    worse

    Deep dive from 2000s score of 4.4

    Only recently Montis government introduced measures to prevent and stop

    corruption in the public administration

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    5. Low labour productivity...

    Source: Eurostat 2013

    Distance from main EU countries widened in the last year (+3%)

    69.7

    52.7

    45.4 4542.4

    39.5 39.3

    32.2 32.1 31.3

    20.316.9

    20

    Euro produced per hour in each countrys economy

    Only Portugal, Spain and Greece worse than Italy

    Northern Core countries way more productive

    Average FR, DE, UK, ES = 39.6

    Italy = 32.2 (-23% per hour)

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    ...which doesnt legitimize recent wage increases

    Last 10 years:

    Wages +38%

    Productivity +12%

    Italy is losing competitiveness and market

    share in manufacturing sector

    Source: IMF, CSC, Global Insight

    -4%

    -1%

    -1%

    -1%

    0%

    0%

    0%

    0%

    1%

    8%

    United States

    Italy

    Germany

    France

    Japan

    South Korea

    Russia

    India

    Brazil

    China

    21

    Cumulated % change 2000-2011 in manufacturing Market Share 2007-2011 in manufacturing sector

    Germany France Italy

    Productivity +23% +23% +12%

    Wages +22% +30% +38%

    unit labour cost +1% -7% -26%

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    6. Low labour participation

    =

    77.1%

    76.3%

    74.1%

    71.8%

    71.0%

    63.7%

    Germany

    UnitedKingdom

    Spain

    EU 27

    France

    Italy

    71.7%

    70.3%

    67.9%

    66.7%

    65.6%

    53.5%

    Germany

    UnitedKingdom

    Spain

    France

    EU 27

    Italy

    Source: Eurostat 2012

    22

    % labour participation between 15 and 64 % woman labour participation between 15 and 64

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    7. High energy costs...

    0.07

    0.090.10 0.10

    0.11 0.11

    0.13

    -43

    -14

    -12

    -10

    11

    20

    44

    Italy

    EU 27

    United Kingdom

    Belgium

    Spain

    Germany

    France

    Source: Enerdata 2012 Source: Eurostat 2012

    23

    Deficit production-consumption (TWh) Electricity prices for the Industry (/kWh)

    +37% price Vs EU 27 average

    Sticky prices, highly dependent from long term agreement

    with foreign suppliers more than from demand/supply

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    ...due to less efficent production

    74.9%

    49.7%

    27.5%22.8% 20.4%

    16.3%

    3.5%0.0%

    In 2011 a second referendum abolished any attempt to build nuclear power plants

    From 2007 production from renewable sources has almost doubled under poorly designed public subsidies

    Source: Enerdata 2012, Terna 2010

    24

    Nuclear power production [% on the gross production] Renewable energy production [% on the gross production]

    32.8%31.4%

    17.1%

    13.7%12.4%

    4.5% 3.9% 3.6%

    Cost of electricity up ~11% in two years Firms spend ~10-15% more on electricity than in the other EU countries; in a cost cutting economy many decides to move abroad (ie. Alcoa)

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    8. Ineffective legal system

    26

    28

    28

    29

    30

    30

    32

    32

    34

    35

    36

    38

    39

    40

    41

    43

    Belgium

    Australia

    UK

    France

    Germany

    Sweden

    Portugal

    United States

    Norway

    Denmark

    Canada

    Mexico

    Greece

    Spain

    Italy

    Cyprus

    Source: Fiscalita ed economia sommersa, Confcommercio, Luglio 2013

    3.5

    3.6

    4

    4.1

    4.3

    4.8

    4.8

    4.9

    5.5

    5.6

    5.6

    5.7

    5.8

    5.8

    5.9

    6

    6.1

    Slovakia

    Italy

    Slovenia

    Greece

    Mexico

    Portugal

    Denmark

    Spain

    Sweden

    Canada

    France

    US

    Japan

    Norway

    Germany

    UK

    Australia

    25

    Legal System Efficiency Index Average number of days before sentence is pronounced

    ITALY

    1210 Days

    DE, UK, ES, FR

    530 Days vs.

    Number of court iterations needed to observe a contract

    Will the legislative decree on liberalization (January 2012) enhance the situation with the introduction of companies

    courthouses?

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    ...also bankruptcy procedures take years

    Source: Fiscalita ed economia sommersa, Confcommercio, Luglio 2013

    0.4

    0.6

    0.8

    0.9

    0.9

    0.9

    1

    1

    1.2

    1.5

    1.5

    1.8

    1.8

    1.9

    2

    2

    4

    Ireland

    Japan

    Canada

    Belgium

    Finland

    Norway

    Denmark

    UK

    Germany

    Spain

    US

    Italy

    Mexico

    France

    Greece

    Portogallo

    Slovacchia

    26

    Duration of a bankruptcy process [years]

    ~2 years to go bankrupt

    Montis executive modified the bankruptcy law in the effort to reveal a potential insolvency in advance and ease a creditor

    debtor agreement:

    Introduction of the Concordato preventivo

    Higher protection to the economic activity

    Intervention to ease banks financing in a debt

    restructuring process

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    9. Little R&D investments

    2.88%

    2.24%

    1.77%

    1.33%

    1.25%

    Germany

    France

    UK

    Spain

    Italy

    Source: Eurostat 2012

    % Enterprises % Government

    45% 42%

    45% 32%

    54% 37%

    64% 30%

    Source: OECD 2010/2011

    27

    R&D expenditure % GDP

    45% 49%

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    B. Future consequences:

    High debt + low growth = no new births

    -2.71

    -0.87

    1.52

    2.94

    3.87

    Germany Italy France UnitedKingdom

    Spain

    0

    1,000

    2,000

    3,000

    4,000

    5,000

    6,000

    -6

    -4

    -2

    0

    2

    4

    6

    8

    10

    12

    1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010

    Debt (bn) Natural Growth Rate

    Source: CIA World Factbook 2012 Est., ISTAT 2011

    28

    Natural growth rate [rates per 1000pp] Historical data: Natural growth rate (per 1000pp)

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    No jobs for young people Youth Unemployment Sky-rocketing

    12%

    8%11%

    14% 16%20%

    9%

    20%18%

    23%

    8% 8%

    16%

    21%23%

    25%

    30%

    35%

    53%55%

    Germany Japan US UK EU 27 France Ireland Italy Spain Greece

    2007 2012

    Source: Eurostat 2012

    29

    Youth unemployment % (19-25 years old)

    In 5 years almost doubled

    2013 Estimate: 41.6%

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    Unfair system for present and future generations

    Source: OECD Pensions Outlook 2012

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    50

    60

    70

    80

    1949 1958 1971 1983 1989 1993 1999 2002 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050

    First Republic Second Republic

    1983: Retirement at 55

    2050: Retirement at 70

    30

    Pensionable age progression (men)

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    ...firms will leave the country...

    High spreads on funding affect directly firms competitiveness

    Scenario 1: Increase in cost of funding for 3 years

    +250bps

    42% interest expense increase33% less profitNet income margin drops from 2.2% to 1.5%

    Source: Mediobanca Research (MBRES), Algebris Investments (UK) LLP Deindustrialization of Italian

    firms

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    bn 2012 2012Scenario

    +250 Delta %

    Net Revenues 646 100.0% 100.0% 0%

    Gross profit 125 19.4% 19.4% 0%

    EBITDA 58 9.0% 9.0% 0%

    EBIT 30 4.6% 4.6% 0%

    Interest expenditures (20) (3.1%) (4.4%) 42%

    Interest proceeds 24 3.8% 3.8% 0%

    Earnings before taxes 34 5.3% 4.0% (25%)

    Net income 15 2.2% 1.5% (33%)

    Debt / EBITDA 5.5x

    Interest expense/ Financial Debt 6.0%Additional Spread 2.5%

    Interest expense/ Financial Debt 8.5%

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    ...Italian families will lose wealth...

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    2,713 2,713 2,713

    5,9264,868

    4,130

    2010A Scenario 1 Scenario 2

    Real Estate Net cash

    Scenario 1

    +100 bps

    spread

    Scenario 2

    200 bps

    spread

    2010A

    7,581 6,8438,639

    -12% -21%

    mm 2010A Scenario 1 Scenario 2

    Cash and marketable

    securities 3,600 3,600 3,600

    Debt -887 -887 -887

    + Real Estate 5,926 4,868 4,130

    %Growth -17.9% -30.3%

    Net Wealth 8,639 7,581 6,843

    %Growth -12.2% -20.8%

    Source: Equita Sim, Algebris Investments (UK) LLP

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    New Government, New Era?

    ...Prime Minister Renzi has committed to 1 key reform per month..

    Target: 15th place in the Doing Business index by 2018

    Is this a precondition for a Third Republic?

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    C. Recommendations

    1. Reform fiscal system

    Simple and digital tax system

    Remove cash

    Incentivise corporations

    2. Reduce public expenditure

    3. Invest only where there is a real prospect of success

    4. Reform legal system

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    1. Simple and digital tax system

    Simple tax regulations

    Unification of minor taxes and referral to a single Tax Authority

    Efficient online systems

    Optimization of tax reliefs

    Switzerland UK SpainOECD High

    IncomeUS Germany Belgium Italy

    Payments (number per year) 19 8 8 12 8 9 11 15

    Time (hours per year) 63 110 167 176 175 207 156 269

    Profit tax (%) 8.9 22.2 1.2 15.5 27.6 18.9 5.4 22.9

    Labor tax and contributions (%) 17.7 10.2 36.8 22.8 10 21.9 50.8 43.4

    Other taxes (%) 3.6 3.1 0.7 1.7 9.1 5.9 1.5 2.0

    Total tax rate (% profit) 30.2 35.5 38.7 40.0 46.7 46.8 57.7 68.3

    Source: World Bank 2012

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    A radical reform is needed... ...to enhance the actual highly fragmented system

    Three different VAT rates (21%, 10% and 4%) applied upon the type of

    good/service

    The housing tax IMU, introduced in 2013 and already subject to strong

    opposition from the centre-right party

    IRPEF, IRAP, INPS among the most important taxes

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    1. Cash removal = an efficient way to fight tax evasion

    Source: Visa, A.T. Kearney 2013

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    In 4 years Shadow Economy

    vs. GDP improved 5%

    For Italy a similar outcome

    could add 20b tax income,

    1.5% of GDP

    Debit cards may be used

    instead of credit cards

    1. The case of South Korea

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    10

    12

    14

    16

    18

    20

    22

    1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008

    Tax system reform 98-99

    Deduction of credit card expenditures from tax bill

    Credit card receipts participate to a national lottery game

    Source: Myongji University, Algebris Investments (UK) LLP

    63.6

    493.8

    1998 2010

    57% of total

    consumption

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    Korea: The Shadow Economy % of GDP

    Credit card payments in South Korea (tr KRW)

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    Lower taxation on corporations and employees (2% of GDP) and raise taxation on financial income

    1. Stimulate investments in corporations: reduce

    the tax pressure...

    12.5%

    20%

    =

    50-60%Corporations

    Financial assets

    50%Employees

    Government securities

    Recommendation

    -1% GDP 16bn

    ~+1% GDP 10bn

    ~

    -1% GDP 16bn

    The missing 10-15bn will be retrieved from the reduction of both tax evasion and public expenditure

    -

    +

    -Tax Rate

    30%

    40%

    40-50%

    Optimal

    Source: Algebris Investments (UK) LLP

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    2. Reduce public expenditure

    Widespread Spending Review Disposal of government assets

    Real Estate

    Holdings in listed companies

    Capitalization of concessions

    70-80bn

    40bn

    30bn

    Debt

    Interest expenditure

    Growth

    Radical rationalization of public expenditure

    Reduction of managers and executives in public companies

    Increase of public employees productivity

    Waste

    Services

    Source: Algebris Investments (UK) LLP , Cassa Depositi e Prestiti

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    2. A concrete example..

    Source: Regione Lombardia, Algebris Investments (UK) LLP

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    President and

    councillors

    Province of Milan

    13 people

    70k each

    Board of the

    province

    47 people

    22k each

    Executives

    48 people

    110k each

    ..6.7 millions only for their

    wages..

    ..And 108 politicians and

    executives..

    Headquartered in San Babila

    Centre of Milan

    Real estate here is valued

    20k/m

    ..and there is a huge waste of

    resources due to poor

    energy efficiency of old

    buildings..

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    1. Focus on Education and Research to revive manufacturing sector and retrieve competitiveness

    3. Invest only where there is a real prospect of success

    Energy

    Transportation

    Defence

    Agro industrial

    Telecommunications

    Source: EUROSTAT, IMF, Confindustria, Algebris Investments (UK) LLP

    Machinery and equipment

    Metallurgy

    Automotive

    Chemicals

    Electronic devices

    Pharmaceuticals

    Made in Italy

    No lawyers and politicians

    2. Focus on exports

    Scientists and Engineers

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    4. Reform legal system

    Source: Algebris Investments (UK) LLP

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    Fairness

    Timing

    Simplicity

    Organizational restructuring

    Reorganisation of law offices following best

    European and national practices (i.e. Torino)

    Digitalisation of the whole law system

    Geographical redistribution of law offices

    Improve business competitiveness

    Focus on post-sentence execution to

    preserve companies rights

    Strengthen credit recovery mechanism

    making it possible to collect credits from

    people (or ad hoc companies) close to the

    person/company directly involved in the

    sentence

    Introduce severe anti-corruption laws

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