Coming to live and Italy – the top tax mistakes

Tax in Italy Your liability to tax in Italy depends primarily (but not, by any means, only)  on your tax residence status.  If you are tax resident (read this article for an explanation of what this means) in Italy in any year – and you […]

Italy enacts new Digital Nomad Work Visa

The Digital Nomad Visa On 4 April 2024 a Ministerial Decree issued by the Italian Interior Minister  was published in the Italian Official Gazette.  Effective 5 April 2024, the Decree implements the Digital Nomad Visa and Stay Permit envisaged by a 2022 Law amending the […]

Table of Main Registration Taxes in Italy

This is a (very) simplified table of the registration taxes due on certain documents.  The tax office will apply the tax according to the substance of the effect that the document has, not the form.  

Payments on account for small businesses

The Italian Tax Agency has recently published (in Resolution no. 93/E of November 12, 2019) clarification on the remodeling of payments on account for taxpayers small businesses subject to the new rules and taxpayers on the lump sum flat tax regime (regime forfettaria)  following the […]

ISA (Summary Reliability Indices) – What are they?

With the establishment of the “Indici sintetici di affidabilità” – ISA’s or Summary Reliability Indices, the Italian Tax Agency aims to “facilitate the compliance of tax obligations and encourage the spontaneous emergence of taxable income.” These indices form part of a wider initiative for Italian […]

The Double Whammy

What is the “Double Whammy” in Italian tax? The “double whammy” is what hits certain individuals who have recently moved to Italy and new businesses in the second year after start-up. No tax in your first year You pay no tax in your first year […]

Rent to Buy: what it is and how it works

Do you want to buy a house but cannot find a bank to put up the finance you need. Are you concerned about making a commitment to buy but not sure about the timing? Italian law has a solution: the “Rent to Buy” scheme (affitto […]

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