Contents Details of the regime The Italian Government has in place a special tax regime designed to encourage the movement of “human capital” to Italy (lavoratori impatriati”). The current regime provides that 70% of qualifying income from employment carried out in Italy is exempt from […]
Working as an employee full time in Italy If you are an employer outside Italy and thinking of hiring an employee in Italy, the legal, tax and social security ramifications can be complex. Liability of the employer to Italian social security If the employee is […]
A non-Italian business considering employing an individual in Italy needs to consider whether the activities carried on by an Italian based employee in Italy create a corporate income tax (IRES) liability on the profit attributable those activities. Foreign corporations with a “permanent establishment” (or fixed […]
What is the TFR? Employment agreements in Italy are generally governed by the terms and conditions of the relevant national collective labour agreement (CCNL) negotiated from time to time by the Italian government, the trade unions and employer organisations. These standard contracts make provision for a series of provisions applicable to the hire of individual employees in Italy. Regardless of […]
Subject to Implementing Legislation! A further decree of the relevant Ministries (Interior, Labour, Foreign Affairs and Tourism) is awaited (and has been delayed presumably by Parliamentary elections on 26 September) We will post further once we have further news. Italy has introduced new rules to […]
Advance Communication of Occasional Hires The Labour-Fiscal Decree no. 146 2021, linked to the Budget Law 2022, introduced the obligation of prior communication of the use of occasional self-employment. On this subject, the Labour Inspectorate has published note no. 29-2022, with instructions on how to […]
Decree Law no. 21/2022 (the “Ukraine” Decree) provides, for FY 2022, for the possibility of giving employees with up to Euro 200 worth of petrol coupons. Up to that limit the monetary amount provided is exempt from Italian social security contributions and income tax. The […]
Date Weekday Name in English Name in Italian 01/01/2022 Saturday New Year’s Day Capodanno 06/01/2022 Thursday Epiphany Epifania 17/04/2022 Sunday Easter Pasqua 18/04/2022 Monday Easter Monday Lunedì di Pasqua 25/04/2022 Monday Liberation from Nazi-Fascism (1945) Liberazione dal nazifascismo (1945) 01/05/2022 Sunday Labour Day Festa del […]
A special tax scheme (Regime Forfettario) offers a flat rate on gross income for taxpayers looking to get themselves registered for VAT and start a self-employed business or profession. The various schemes for small taxpayers (the Regime dei Minimi/Regime Forfettario) have seen a number of […]
Italy has no personal relief nor (any longer) a no-tax zone. This means that you start paying income (at 23% – see the marginal rates here) of the first euro of income. However Italy has an intricate system of tax credits (described as “deduzioni” – […]
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