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 authoritiesĀ […]
The Italian Council of Ministers in a Press Release no 54 of 16 October 2023 proposed a significantĀ Ā reform of the Italian Impatriates Regime.Ā The reform was enacted by Legislative Decree Dec. 27, 2023, No. 209 which was published in theĀ Official Gazette (OG General Series No. […]
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 relevantĀ nationalĀ collective labour agreementĀ (CCNL)Ā negotiated from time to time by theĀ ItalianĀ government, theĀ trade unions andĀ employer organisations.Ā Ā TheseĀ standard contracts make provisionĀ for a series ofĀ provisionsĀ applicable to the hire ofĀ individual employeesĀ in Italy. Regardless of […]
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 […]
The answer is most probably yes as the reader will desume from reading the instructions from the Italian tax return (these are from the 2023 return). The rules are complex and there are many exceptions and derogations. The rules can be summarised as follows, but […]
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.Ā This means that you start paying income (at 23% – see the marginal rates here) of the first euro of income.Ā However Italy has an intricate system of tax credits (described as “deduzioni” – […]
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