Italian 2026 Finance Bill – Key Tax Measures: Support for Middle and Low Incomes | Revision of IRPEF tax brackets | Abolition of reduced 21% rate on short term lettings | Baby bonus | Enhanced parental leave and nursery bonus | Social security exemption for working mothers | Increased deductions for private school expenses | Family endowment fund | First home mortgage guarantee fund | Support for food purchases | Energy-efficient appliance bonus | Cap on deductions for incomes over €75,000 | Exceptions for healthcare, mortgages, and startup investments | End of deductions for children over 30 (except disabled children) | “Hire more, pay less” tax deduction for new permanent hires | Reduced tax on productivity bonuses | Fringe benefit exemptions | Relocation support for new hires | Raised flat tax threshold for employees and pensioners | Reduced corporate tax (IRES) for reinvested profits | Tax credits for southern Italy investments | Enhanced “Nuova Sabatini” machinery financing | Support for SME stock market listings | Increased public investment in defense, infrastructure, and healthcare | Banking and Insurance | Deferred deductions for financial sector losses | Annual stamp duty on life insurance contracts

Italian Inheritance and Gift Tax

Italian Inheritance & Gift Tax: Key Rules (2025 Update) Tax Rates by Beneficiary Relationship Spouse and direct descendants (children, grandchildren): 4% with a €1 million exemption per beneficiary. Siblings: 6% with a €100,000 exemption. Other relatives up to the fourth degree: 6% with no exemption. Unrelated individuals: 8% with no exemption. See this article for […]

Do I Need a Will?

Wills in Italy Starting Point The first step toward answering this question is getting: your details – including your nationality, current place of residence, and expected place of residence when you pass; as accurate a listing as possible of all of your assets, the place in which they are located, the current value, the purchase […]

Italian Forced Heirship Rules

Italian Forced Heirship Rules (Successione Legittima) Italian forced heirship, governed by the Civil Code (Articles 536–564), restricts the freedom for an individual to decide where their assets should go on death.  The rules work by reserving a portion (quota legittima) for “forced heirs” (the “legittimari” – spouse, children, or ascendants if there are no children). […]

UK Inheritance Tax Changes

New UK Domicile Rules The UK government is in the course of making some significant, and complex, reforms to the taxation of non  UK domiciled individuals. The changes impact UK Inheritance tax liabilities for people living outside the UK . Under previous rules if you had a UK domicile (and had not lost it) there […]

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 […]

Wills and Succession Planning

We have teamed up with Avv. Carlo Bottino from Anglo Italian law to better service clients looking for advice on succession planning, drafting a will and reviewing the tax aspects.  Below is a series of FAQ’s we have produced, together with our observations, covering the most common questions that we are asked  and our suggested […]

The Visura Catastale

What is the Visura Catastrale The “visura catastale” (Land Registry Extract)  is a document issued by the Italian Tax Agency containing information recorded at the Italian Land Registry in relation to real estate – buildings or land – located in Italian national territory. It is possible to search the land registry to find all real […]

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 […]