Regulatory Analysis

Pursuant to the Ministerial Decree published in Official Gazette No. 30 on February 6, 2024, the local consumption tax rates for Campione d’Italia (imposta locale sul consumo di Campione d’Italia, ILCCI) are increasing in conjunction with Swiss VAT rate increases for January 1, 2024. The standard ILCCI rate increases to 8.1% (previously 7.7%), and the […]

Italy officially published the Budget Law for 2024 in the Official Gazette No. 303 of December 30, 2023. The VAT rates applied to supplies of feminine hygiene products and childcare products, such as baby diapers, will increase from 5% to the 10% reduced VAT rate from January 1, 2024. Law No. 213 containing these measures […]

From the 10th of February 2023, the Italian Revenue Agency will make available a pre-filled annual VAT return concerning the tax year of 2022. The Italian Revenue Agency will use the data of domestic electronic invoices and cross-border reports communicated to the SDI to prepare the draft VAT returns. The returns will be available on […]

Pursuant to the 2023 Italian Budget through Senate Bill n. 442, effective 1 January 2023 the 5% reduced VAT applies to feminine hygiene and baby products. Baby products that will apply the 5% rate consist of baby diapers, child seats to be installed in motor vehicles, as well as powdered milk and food products for […]

The Italian Revenue Agency has now released version 1.8 of the Compilation Guide of the Electronic Invoice and Esterometer (Guida alla compilazione FE ed esterometro). The updates reflect the latest changes in the FatturaPA technical documentation, valid from 1 October 2022, of which the main point is the inclusion of the new Type of Document […]

The Italian government recently published Law Decree n. 73, which introduces a threshold to the mandatory cross-border invoice reporting requirement that became effective on 1 July 2022. According to article 12 of the Decree, taxpayers covered by the cross-border reporting mandate, who are obliged to transmit data relating to the sales of goods and provisions […]

The Italian government has officially expanded its e-invoicing mandate, by means of the Law-Decree for the implementation of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan – PNRR-2 (Decreto-Legge de 30 aprile 2022, n. 36), published in the Official Gazette (Gazzetta Ufficiale) on 30 April 2022. Among the many measures brought forth by the Decree, article 18 […]

The Draft-law Decree PNRR 2, the National Recovery and Resilience Plan, approved by the Council of Ministers on 13 April 2022, is bringing a new group of taxpayers into the scope of the Italian e-invoicing obligation, starting 1 July 2022: ·       Taxpayers who adopt the flat-rate tax regime (regime forfettario) ·       Amateur sports associations and […]

Previously due to replace the Esterometro in January 2022, the FatturaPA for cross-border flows has been postponed until July 2022. The Italian authorities have not published further details, therefore the status quo remains. In practice, this means that: – Esterometro must still be used for reporting outbound and inbound cross-border transactions until 30 June 2022; […]

The FatturaPA was expected to replace the Esterometro in January 2022. However, a last-minute addition to the country’s 2022 budget law might postpone the requirement until July 2022. The legislative process is ongoing, which means that the postponement is possible, but not officially decided.

Italy has published a new Provvedimento containing updates in the technical specifications of the FatturaPA. The new technical specifications eliminate mentions to Esterometro, introduce new codes for the AltriDatiGestinali block, and include new validations. The Provvedimento also clarifies that reporting cross-border invoice data through a FatturaPA is optional if a bolletta doganale had been issued, […]

Supplies between Italy and San Marino are accompanied by a set of customs obligations. After the introduction of the Italian e-invoicing mandate in 2019, Italy and San Marino started negotiations to expand the use of e-invoices in cross-border transactions between the two countries. Those negotiations are now complete and the details are available. More information […]

From July 1, 2020, on an experimental basis, Italian taxpayers (i.e. businesses resident and established in Italy) may submit pre-completed VAT returns. Specifically, Article 16 of recently enacted Decree n. 124/2019 provides that data gleaned from transactional information supplied from electronic invoices via SDI, cross-border transactions, as well as data collected on fees electronically will […]

Country-by-Country News The Final Countdown to Mandatory eInvoicing in Italy September 1 marked the second milestone of the entry into force of the Italian eInvoicing mandate – this time targeting certain B2C goods purchased by non-EU citizens over a certain amount. But crucially, it also marked the three month, or 122 day, countdown to the […]