Frontier workers residing in the ânewâ border municipalities – Special Tax Regime – Decree-Law 113/2024 (âOmnibusâ 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 […]
Tax reliefs for Building Renovation Works – 2024
What are they? Â It is important to note that each tax relief has specific eligibility criteria, timings, deadlines and requirements, so consultation on any specific works with a professional (in the first instance a Geometra or Architetto) is essential in order to determine which tax relief is applicable to your specific situation, depending on […]
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 […]
Doubling of HNWI Flat Tax from Euro 100k to 200k
Italian Government Press Release The Press Release reports that the Italian Council of Ministers, in a meeting on 7 August 2024, approved the text of a Decree-Law introducing a series of urgent tax and other measures. A Decree-Law is an executive measure of the Council of Ministers but subject to Parliamentary approval within 60 days […]
Special Tax Regime for University Professors and Researchers moving to Italy
A 6-18 year preferential tax regime granted to professors and researchers who transfer their tax residence to Italy in order to work from Italian soil
“Impatriates” – 70%/90% Tax break to attract “human capital” to Italy – pre 2024 Rules
The Italian Council of Ministers in a Press Release no 54 of 16 October 2023 proposed a significant  reform of the Italian Impatriates Regime. The reform was enacted by Legislative Decree Dec. 27, 2023, No. 209 which was published in the Official Gazette (OG General Series No. 301 of 28-12-2023) and is stated to enter force from 1 […]
Tax Step Up of Shares/Land and Buildings – Revaluation
Law Decree no. 17 of March 1, 2022, containing urgent measures for the containment of electricity and natural gas costs, the development of renewable energy and the relaunch of industrial policies, known as the Energy Decree was published in the Official Gazette no. 50 of March 1, 2022. Article 29 of the Decree confirms the […]
Stock options – the timing of the tax benefit
The Italian Tax Agency responding to a request for an official interpretation on the tax treatment of options (no. 23 of 5 February 2020) has set out its view of the moment in which stock options become taxable in the hands of employees working in Italy. This particular stock option plan saw the grant of […]
Decree Law â Cura Italiaâ – Covid-19 – Special Measures To Protect Health and Support the Economy.
At a meeting of the Italian Council of Ministers of 16 March 2020 (press release no. 37/2020), the Prime Minister, the Minister of Labour and Social Policies (Nunzia Catalfo), and the Minister of Economy and Finance (Roberto Gualtieri) set out the principle measures contained in a Law Decree (Decreto-Legge 17 marzo 2020, n. 18 âCura […]
Tax Relief for the Purchase of Furniture and Household Appliances
What is the Tax Relief? Italy’s recent Finance Law for 2020 extended the tax credit equal to 50% of a maximum of âŹ10,000 of expenditure for furniture and household appliances in connection with buildings subject to renovation. The relief applies to expenditure during the course of 2020 for renovation that commences on or after 1 […]