Well, of course having the legal counselling in house makes a difference, and the US is actually a more complicated alternative the the UK for us in the EU. So in your case I'm pretty sure that your choice was the best.
For me, your last point doesn't look very worrying, because from what I read if the company operations are in Italy then you are required to pay taxes here, but according to EU law you can rightfully incorporate in any EU country; so, if I do pay the taxes in Italy, there is nothing unlawful. Moreover, in my case, the website is (and will be) in English only and my market is 99% abroad.
More worrying is having to understand HOW I should pay my company's taxes here, and how to explain to the UK that I should't pay them there too... the worst scenario I can think of would be having to pay the corporate taxes twice until everything is clear, but if that becomes a problem it means that I already got traction, and at that point I could do everything I need to fix the situation.
What I really don't want is to spend a lot of money just to validate my product!
For me, your last point doesn't look very worrying, because from what I read if the company operations are in Italy then you are required to pay taxes here, but according to EU law you can rightfully incorporate in any EU country; so, if I do pay the taxes in Italy, there is nothing unlawful. Moreover, in my case, the website is (and will be) in English only and my market is 99% abroad.
More worrying is having to understand HOW I should pay my company's taxes here, and how to explain to the UK that I should't pay them there too... the worst scenario I can think of would be having to pay the corporate taxes twice until everything is clear, but if that becomes a problem it means that I already got traction, and at that point I could do everything I need to fix the situation.
What I really don't want is to spend a lot of money just to validate my product!