Relocate to Italy: The 2026 Tax Playbook

The free 18-page guide by Andrea Matera: tax residence, treaties, the impatriate regime, the €300,000 flat tax, property and company set-up — explained before you book the flight.

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What's inside the guide

  1. Italian tax residence: art. 2 TUIR, the 183-day rule, anagrafe and domicile
  2. Double tax treaties and the timing of your relocation
  3. The impatriate regime in 2026: who qualifies and what it is worth
  4. The €300,000 flat tax for high-net-worth new residents
  5. Buying and holding property in Italy: purchase taxes, cedolare secca, IMU
  6. Opening a company or branch in Italy: SRL, fiscal representative, VAT
  7. Common mistakes (and how to avoid them)
  8. Next steps: your relocation sequence

The same relocation, executed six months earlier or later, can produce a very different tax outcome

Written by Andrea Matera

Dottore Commercialista, Forbes Top 100 Tax & Legal, member of ACCA and ICAEW, LBS Executive Education. Offices in Genoa, Rapallo and London — advising internationally mobile individuals and businesses in Italian and English, with no middlemen.

  • 18 pages of practical, plain-English guidance — 2026 edition
  • The rules, the thresholds and the deadlines that decide your tax bill
  • Practical pointers at the end of every chapter
  • The 8 mistakes we see most often in expat files

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