TFR – the Trattamento di Fine Rapporto or Employee Leaving Indemnity

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 […]

Occasional Services

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 […]

Petrol/Gas coupons

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 […]

Italian Public Holidays – 2022

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 […]

Do I need to file an Italian Tax Return?

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, […]

Tax credit for employment income

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” – […]

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 […]

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