Categoria: BUY A HOUSE IN ITALY

BY COLIN JAMIESON It is clearly the intention of the legislator that individuals requesting the DV Visa/Stay Permit need to be entirely compliant with their Italian tax and social security obligations. Italy has two very attractive tax regimes which can apply to digital nomads:- the Regime Forfettario – a 5% flat tax for the first five years […]

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 the first time into Italian law. […]

Conditions for accessing the DV Visa Entry into and residence in Italy of non EU citizens who meet the definition of digital nomad and who: possess the  minimum education qualifications as set out in Article 27-quater, paragraph 1, of  Legislative Decree No. 286 of 25 July 1998 (see below) and who present evidence of the same; […]

In Italy there is common saying when anyone earn a lot of money: he probably inherited from his American uncle !In the common practice it can often happen on the contrary. There a lot of Americans or Australians who had distant relatives in Italy without any other heirs except them. What should the lucky American […]

The acquisition of a winery An expanding market The wine is, in the panorama of world agri-food trade, one of the most globalized products. Now sold and consumed around the world, the wine trade increased from less than 7 billion in the late ’80s to more than $ 34 billion in 2013 more than any […]

Once upon a time there was an Englishman in Liguria like Stings music ‘Englishman in New York’. One could ask the question,what the hell is an Englishman doing in this Province? Perhaps he is attracted to the fact that Genoa has the same flag of  St  George  as  England : the red cross on a […]

The Italian legal system is very different from the English. Conveyancing is strictly governed by Italian Law and can be performed only by a public notary (Notaio), who is a qualified professional and public officer. Only in front of Notaio it is possible to complete the purchase of any real estate. THE PRELIMINARY CONTRACT (Contratto […]