Italy: Income Tax

The Italian Tax Authority has issued new clarifications on corporate welfare plans, addressing key questions about education expense reimbursements and family care support. These rulings establish important guidelines for employers regarding tax treatment of welfare benefits, including provisions for elderly care and documentation requirements to prevent double tax benefits.

Il dibattito sulla tassazione dei patrimoni è tornato al centro della scena politica italiana, dividendo l'opinione pubblica tra chi la considera uno strumento di redistribuzione della ricchezza e chi la ritiene un onere incompatibile con la crescita economica. La presente analisi esamina l'approccio di Italia e Svizzera alla tassazione patrimoniale, approfondendo le prospettive divergenti e le realtà fiscali di entrambi i Paesi.

L'Agenzia delle Entrate ha emesso la circolare n. 3 del 24 giugno 2026, fornendo importanti chiarimenti sull'applicazione della tassazione agevolata introdotta dalla Legge di Bilancio 2026. La circolare specifica quali incrementi retributivi e indennità beneficiano dell'imposta sostitutiva del 5% e del 15%, delineando i criteri di applicazione per diverse tipologie di compensi e situazioni lavorative.

Italy does not have a system of taxation with a tax free allowance system and therefore tax is paid from Euro No 1.

Always discuss your tax situation with an experienced and knowledgeable commercialista. Taxes in Italy are not that much different to other countries around Europe and you might be surprised at just how little you have to pay.

One of the questions I am asked regularly is how income from property held overseas is taxed in Italy. Many people wonder whether rental income is exempt from Italian tax because tax has already been paid abroad...

By adding the new paragraph 49-quinquies into Article 37 of Law Decree no. 223/2006, Article 1, paragraph 94 of Law no. 213/2023 (2024 Budget Law) introduced a prohibition on credit' offset...

Bad news from the Law No 213 of 30.12.2023 (s.c. Budget Law 2024) on the creation of real estate rights: by amending art. 9 § 5 and introducing the new art. 67 § 1 let. h) of Law Decree 917/1986...

In recent years, the Italian legislature has adopted many legislative measures in the fiscal field aimed at making Italy more attractive and competitive...