Italian 2026 Finance Law – Key Tax Measures: Reduced Tax Rate for Middle Incomes | Flat-tax/HNWI“new-resident” regime adjustments (for high net-worth individuals) | Incentives / “flat tax” regimes for employment income| Continued incentives for investments and capital goods (businesses) | Tax-collection and “fiscal-relief” measures: debt-collection amortization, freeze for property-transfer taxes | Tax treatment of dividends, capital gains, and financial income | Sectors/Special Taxes: financial intermediaries, “windfall” taxes, bank levy

Withholding Tax Rates Under Italy’s Double Taxation Agreements (DTAs)

Tax to be Withheld on Payments to Non Residents Italy has an extensive series of rules requiring Italian tax resident businesses and professionals to make withholding of tax on certain payments of various types of income,  both where the recipient is tax resident in Italy and non tax resident. Italy has an extensive network of […]

Italian Taxes for Corporations

An Overview of Italian Taxes Due By Corporate Bodies Carrying on Business in Italy Italian resident corporations and foreign companies operating in Italy through an Italian branch/permanent establishment, as well as a number of other entities that are treated as corporations  are subject to two principal forms of taxation: Imposta sul Reddito delle Società (IRES) […]

Italian Business Structures: Overview

This blog post is intended to provide a high level overview of the types of business structures available to investors in a business to be carried on in Italy and applies primarily to the situation where the investors are  individuals  – separate and different considerations may apply where the investor is a corporate body.  It […]

Reckoner – 7% Regime v Normal Regime

Reckoner for calculating difference between 7% flat tax regime and normal regime where tax is also due outside Italy Tax on 7% Regime Taxable Income Foreign Tax % Tax due on 7% Regime 7% Total Tax Effective Rate of Tax Tax on Normal Regime Italian Tax % Less Credit For Foreign Tax Italian Tax Due […]

Italian Tax on Foreign Pensions

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If your pension is liable to tax in Italy (which will be the general position absent exemption under a DTA) then you need to follow Italian rules on the timing of a receipt for tax purposes. 

Tax For Digital Nomads

Compliance with Tax and Social Regulations Moving to Italy as a digital nomad comports the payment of income taxes, social security contributions according to the rules applicable to your specific situation.  It is clear, from the tenor of the digital nomad visa/permesso legislation that Italy intends digital nomads to comply with their obligations in terms of tax […]

UK Italy Inheritance Tax Treaty

CONVENTlON BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO DUTIES ON  THE ESTATES  OF DECEASED PERSONS London, 15 February 1966  CONVENZIONE FRA IL GOVERNO DEL REGNO UNITO DI GRAN […]

Social Security Treaties

Italy has bilateral social security conventions with the following non-EU foreign countries: Argentina Australia Brazil Canada and Quebec Israel Channel Islands and Isle of Man Countries of the former Yugoslavia * Principality of Monaco Republic of Cape Verde Republic of Moldova Republic of San Marino Holy See Tunisia Türkiye Uruguay USA (United States of America) Venezuela […]

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