Estimating your Italian tax liabilities (Employees)

Under current Italian tax residence rules you are considered as either tax resident or not for any full tax (calendar) year – there is no split year concept, except in some limited circumstances – and you will deemed resident in Italy under the Italian statutory […]

List of Special Italian Tax Regimes for Individuals

Italy has a number of Special Tax Regimes. By special we mean regimes that offer more favorable rates of tax or more favorable methods of calculating the tax base, compared to the rules applicable to standard income tax  and the relevant scale rates of tax. […]

The Italian Fiscal Code Number

The Fiscal Code Number (Codice Fiscale, Italian taxpayers’ identification number, TIN, tax code, call it what you like) is a unique taxpayer code that identifies all individuals in their dealings with the Italian authorities  […]

Italian Real Estate Purchase Guide

The Italian tax regime applicable to residential real estate can seem confusing.  Real estate has always been an attractive source of income for governments around Europe,  and Italy is no exception.  As real estate is difficult to move about, it presents an easy target for […]

Italian Tax Guide (for the geographically mobile)

This is our general guide to Italian tax.  Obviously it’s difficult to summarize a complex system in a single document. But we’ve done our best.  This document is not designed to constitute legal advice and you should undertake any action on the basis of what […]

Italy Tax Guide

Below is out guide in pdf format which you can download.   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. 

Coming to live and Italy – the top ten tax mistakes

Tax in Italy Your liability to tax in Italy depends primarily on your residence status.  If you are tax resident (read this article for an explanation of what this means) in Italy in any year – and you are either tax resident for a particular […]