Main Residence – Tax Relief on Purchase

You can save purchase tax (registration tax) on the purchase of Italian real estate if you elect to occupy as your main residence (in Italy) and actually occupy it as such for the five years following purchase. In order to occupy it as your main residence you need to get registered as resident with your […]

Italy Tax Guide

Overview This is a very general guide and only intended to give some basic background information. It should not be seen as a substitute for specific advice.  Table of Contents Tax residence Impact of tax residence Individuals who are tax-resident in Italy for tax purposes are subject to Italian  income tax on their worldwide  income.  […]

Tax Amnesty

As part of the recently installed Italian government’s somewhat controversial “amnesty programme” a number of ongoing Italian tax assessment, investigation and litigation proceedings can be settled at a discount. Also worthy of notice is the programme to enable taxpayers to present supplementary returns amending errors or omissions in returns filed up to 31 October 2017. […]

Coming to live in Italy – think tax first!

Are you a retiree, pensioner (or even just young and rich) taking up residence in Italy?  Before doing so you should take a look at your assets and sources of income, and whether you should make any restructuring beforehand.  For example it may be possible simply to step up the base cost of assets by […]

Flat Tax for pensioners coming to live in the South of Italy – 10 years at 7%

What does the special tax relief consist of? A 7% flat tax on all income for all pensioners (regardless of nationality) who: have been tax resident outside Italy for at least five (5) years prior to the tax year in which they become Italian tax resident; transfer their tax residence to one of the Regions in […]

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Manage your Canone TV Licence Fee

Official Guidance on Meaning of Equipment (in Italian) “As is well known [sic], art. 1 of Decree  of the Crown no. 246/1938 provides that “Anyone holding one or more of the following items of equipment which are suitable or can be adaptable for the reception of “radioaudizioni” (intepreted as TV radio signals) must pay the […]

Authorisation by British Embassy

We have been authorised by the British Embassy to certify documents. A copy of the certification can be seen below. You can upload documents to be certified by filling out the client registration form  – on page three you can upload your documents in pdf format.  We will then come back to you with a […]

Degrees of Kinship and Affinity Under Italian Law

The Italian Civil Code (Articles 74 ff) contain the criteria for determining the degree of kinship and affinity of your relatives.  This degree is a fundamental concept in Italian law and is an essential part of, among other things, the rules of inheritance and succession. The table in the pdf document below below the degrees of […]