Italy – Withholding Taxes
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. Individuals acting in a private, non business, […]
Black List Countries
Presumption of Tax Residence Article 2, paragraph 2-bis of the Italian Income Tax Code (TUIR – Presidential Decree No. 917/1986) contains a specific anti-tax avoidance provision concerning the tax residency of Italian citizens. Reversing the Burden of Proof: This provision establishes a rebuttable presumption that an Italian citizen who transfers their residence to a country […]
Payments on Account
By 30 June and 30 November of each year, Italian taxpayers must make payment on account (acconto) of their tax liability for the current year. The amount to be paid by way of first and second account payments is primarily based on the tax due as shown in the tax return for the previous year […]
Italian Tax on Foreign Pensions
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 […]
Italian Source Income – Definition
The Importance of Identifying Italian Source Income The Italian tax Code contains a specific definition of Italian source income – or rather a list of types of income that are deemed under the Italian Tax Code to have an Italian source. If you are tax resident in Italy for any tax year (under the test […]
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 residence test if you are physically present in Italy, registered […]
Working in Italy as an Employee of a Foreign Company
Working as an employee full time in Italy If you are an employer outside Italy and thinking of hiring an employee who will be working from Italy, the legal, tax and social security ramifications can be complex. If you are an employee thinking of working remotely for a non Italian employer then the first step is […]
Frontier workers residing in the ‘new’ border municipalities – Special Tax Regime – Decree-Law 113/2024 (‘Omnibus’ Decree-Law)
Article 6 of Decree Law 113/2024 establishes a special regime for workers residing in municipalities, specifically identified in Annexes 1 and 2 of the DL, which are wholly or partially within the 20 km zone from the Swiss border. Such individuals may opt for the application, on income from employment received in Switzerland, of a […]
Translation of Post 2024 Impatriates Relief – Base Legislation
This is a fairly literal translation into English of the Italian legislation implementing the Impatriates Relief in its post 2023 version. The text is given simply as a courtesy and should not be relied upon for any decision on whether the Relief applies in any particular circumstances since it must be read together with Tax […]