Working in Italy as an Employee of a Foreign Company
Working as an Employee from Italian Soil 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 […]
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 […]
Italian Statutory Tax Residence Test For Individuals: 2024 changes
The Legislative Decree on International Taxation, No. 209 of 27 December 2023 introduced some important modifications to the Italian rules on the tax residence of individuals and the statutory test of tax residence (STTR). The STTR contained in art. 2, para. 2 of the Italian Tax Code (Decree of the President of the Republic of […]
Living in Italy – Working Through a Foreign Company
Tax Resident in Italy Doing Business Through a Non Italian Company Modern information technology permits people to work from a laptop or computer wherever they find themselves. In the circumstances, you might think that using a foreign company can help reduce your tax burden. For the self-employed – freelances/contractors – it is tempting to bill […]
The Interpello – Advance Tax Ruling
What is it? The “interpello” procedure gives a taxpayer the possibility of obtaining an advance written opinion from the Italian Tax Agency on a particular question or tax related issue. Qualifying persons: both resident and non-resident taxpayers are entitled to forward the query to the Italian Revenue Agency. The query has to be submitted before […]
Request an Italian Fiscal Code Number
We have teamed up with ILF Law Firm to offer the service of obtaining your Italian Fiscal Code Number (codice fiscale). Read on for more details. Obtain your Italian Fiscal Code Are you a foreigner requiring an Italian fiscal code? Look no further than ILF Law Firm! We provide a seamless and efficient service […]
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 Residence – What is the Anagrafe
The Italian Register of Resident Population The Anagrafe is Italy’s civil registry of the individuals who have established their residence (centre of vital interests and habitual abode(Anagrafe della popolazione residente), withing the jurisdiction of an Italian Comune (local municipality). It records: All residents (Italian citizens and foreign nationals) Their official address Family composition Vital statistics […]
Toward a New Italian Tax Regime for the Taxation of Cryptocurrencies
From 1 January 2023, if new rules in the draft Finance Law for 2023 are enacted, gains on the disposal of crypto currencies will be taxed as miscelaneous income (so reprted in section RL of the Italian tax retrun) as opposed to the current trewamtn where they are reproted, similar to gains on foreign currencies, […]