Italian Business Structures: Overview
This blog post is intended to provide a high level overview of the types of business structures available to investors in a business to be carried on in Italy and applies primarily to the situation where the investors are individuals – separate and different considerations may apply where the investor is a corporate body. It […]
Social Security Treaties
Italy has bilateral social security conventions with the following non-EU foreign countries: Argentina Australia Brazil Canada and Quebec Israel Channel Islands and Isle of Man Countries of the former Yugoslavia * Principality of Monaco Republic of Cape Verde Republic of Moldova Republic of San Marino Holy See Tunisia Türkiye Uruguay USA (United States of America) Venezuela […]
Italian Source Income – Definition
The Importance of Identifying Italian Source Income The Italian tax Code contains a specific definition of Italian source income – or rather a list of types of income that are deemed under the Italian Tax Code to have an Italian source. If you are tax resident in Italy for any tax year (under the test […]
Estimating your Italian tax liabilities (Employees)
Under current Italian tax residence rules you are considered as either tax resident or not for any full tax (calendar) year – there is no split year concept, except in some limited circumstances – and you will deemed resident in Italy under the Italian statutory residence test if you are physically present in Italy, registered […]
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 Italian Immigration Code and introducing the Digital Nomad Visa for […]
Impatriates Regime 2024
New rules for the 2024 Impatriates Regime for Individuals Legislative Decree no. 209 of 27 December 2023 was published in the Official Gazette (OG General Series No. 301 of 28-12-2023) and is stated to enter into force from 1 January 2024. The Decree, an executive measure, was approved by the Italian Council of Ministers pursuant […]
“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 […]
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 issue of Decree no. 124/2019. That decree changed as from […]
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 taxpayers carrying on business activities, arts or professions, that aims, […]
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 after the move but the tax due for that first […]