Law and regulation of Covid-19 tax relief in Italy
23 Mar 2020
International
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jurisdiction
Value Added Tax
Extension of deadlines of VAT payments:
- for taxpayers with an amount of revenues not exceeding EUR 2 Mln in 2019.
- for specific businesses without any revenue limitations.
Corporate Income Tax
- N/A
Social Security Contributions or Payroll Tax
Extension of deadlines of payments:
- for taxpayers with an amount of revenues not exceeding EUR 2 Mln in 2019.
- for specific businesses without any revenue limitations.
Other relief measures
Relief measures for businesses:
- Transformation of deferred tax assets in tax credits under certain conditions
- Tax credit in relation to expenses for sanitisation operations
- Tax credit for lease expenses regarding small stores (60% of the rents due in March 2020)
- Deductibility of donations made to counter COVID19
Additional comments
Other measures:
- Temporary interruption of tax audits and tax assessments and certain collection and tax filing activities
- Extension of 2 years of the statute of limitations expiring on December 31, 2020
- Deferral of the terms for rulings of the Italian Revenue Agency
- Temporary interruption of the terms of tax justice