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Ex-premier Silvio Berlusconi's
taxable income collapsed by 30 million euros in 2012 compared to
the previous year, and marks the second annual income decline in
a row, according to the Senator asset registry of Italy's
current legislature, made public on Monday.
The registry showed the leader of the centre-right Forza
Italia (FI) party's income at 4,515,298 euros in 2012.
Berlusconi declared an income of 35,439,988 euros in 2011,
and of nearly 40 million euros in 2010.
The tallies reflect the period when Berlusconi was still in
parliament.
Last year the Senate voted to oust the three-time premier
after the supreme Court of Cassation found him guilty of tax
fraud at his Mediaset media empire in a binding conviction, the
billionaire's first in 20 years of legal entanglements.
He is now banned from holding public office and is awaiting
sentencing for the remaining 10 months of his fraud conviction,
either to be spent under house arrest or performing community
service.
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