The Vatican is in talks
with the Italian authorities for a deal about bank secrecy and
other tax issues to help track down Italian tax evaders, Holy
See sources told ANSA on Thursday.
Italy recently reached deals to end bank secrecy with
Switzerland, Monaco and Liechtenstein.
In an interview with weekly magazine L'Espresso, Premier
Matteo Renzi said he was hopeful the Vatican would be the next
State to sign a tax deal with Rome.
The sources said an eventual deal would not regard the
position of individuals with accounts in the Vatican, as this
area has been effectively dealt with via recent reforms of the
Vatican Bank, the Institute for the Works of Religion (IOR), and
the closure of accounts of people who are not clergy or Holy See
employees.
The talks are looking at the Italian tax authorities'
interest in the money transfers of Italian-based religious
orders.
"There are no longer cases of Italian businessmen hiding
money in the Vatican, maybe via a donation," the sources said.
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