The network covers Italy within the Southern Europe region. Payslips there are drawn up in EUR, and dealings with a local firm are conducted in Italian.
The business centres where the network is looking for a correspondent as a priority are Rome, Milan, Turin, Naples.
The country is a member of the European Union. An employee posted from another member state remains attached to the scheme of origin under the conditions set by the European coordination regulations, and the A1 certificate issued by the institution of the sending country is the proof of this. That document is called for during on-site inspections: it is applied for before departure, never afterwards.
The answer to this question changes everything: it determines to whom you may entrust your payslips locally, and what you must ask for before signing. It has been verified country by country with the local authorities.
In Italy, running payroll on behalf of third parties is a regulated activity. It is carried on under the title of Consulente del lavoro (à défaut : dottore commercialista, esperto contabile ou avvocato inscrit à son ordre), and a registration in force must be produced to you before any engagement.
L'Italie est l'un des pays européens où la paie est le plus nettement réservée. La loi n° 12 du 11 janvier 1979 confie les formalités en matière de travail, de prévoyance et d'assistance sociale des salariés aux seuls consulenti del lavoro et, par extension, aux avocats, dottori commercialisti et esperti contabili inscrits à leur ordre, à charge pour eux de le déclarer à l'inspection territoriale du travail. Un centre de traitement de données peut exécuter la production matérielle des bulletins mais uniquement sous la responsabilité d'un professionnel habilité, dont l'identité doit être communiquée.
Italy is one of the European countries where payroll is most clearly reserved to a profession. The 1979 statute governing consulenti del lavoro entrusts labour and social welfare formalities to consulenti del lavoro (labour consultants) alone and, by extension, to lawyers and dottori commercialisti registered with their professional bodies. A data processing centre may physically produce payslips, but only under the responsibility of an authorised professional whose identity must be notified to the territorial labour inspectorate.
Italy sits within both the European Union and the European Economic Area, so social security coordination applies of right and a posting from France is evidenced by an A1 certificate. Pay is denominated in euro, and contracts and payslips are issued in Italian.
A second structural feature is the national sector agreement, the contratto collettivo nazionale di lavoro, which governs a considerable part of the employment relationship, from minimum pay to bonuses and job grading. Choosing the applicable agreement is the first decision to make, before any payslip is produced.
Three registration strands open an Italian file: INPS (the national social security institute) for contributions, INAIL (the national work injury insurance institute) for work injury cover, with a prior activity declaration before work begins, and the tax authority for withholding. The hire itself must also be notified to the labour administration before the employee starts work.
Employing without incorporating in Italy remains open to a foreign company, which then registers directly as an employer with INPS and INAIL. That route exists, but it removes neither the need for local representation nor the requirement to appoint an authorised professional for the filings.
The collective agreement applied and the grade assigned must appear in the written contract, which is accompanied by written information on employment conditions. That grade sets the contractual minimum salary, since Italy has no general statutory minimum wage.
Each month the payslip must carry prescribed particulars; the employer withholds income tax and carries out a year-end reconciliation. Two country-specific matters are prepared in advance: accrual of the end-of-service allowance owed to the employee on departure, and the dismissal procedure, whose form varies with headcount and grounds. Working time and overtime records are required, and the collective agreement frequently adds reporting duties of its own that a foreign template will not anticipate.
The network asks 8 documents of any firm wishing to represent it in Italy. The table gives, for each of them, the exact wording in use locally, the body that issues it and the period during which it remains admissible. These are the terms to use in an application to the local administration.
Of these 8 documents, 8 are required of every applicant and 5 have a limited period of validity, the shortest being 3 months.
| Local wording | Issuing body | Validity | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visura camerale ordinaria (Registro delle Imprese)Chamber of Commerce company extract Demander la visura ordinaria et non la visura storica ou la simple visura ordinaria di società di persone. Pour un dossier de commande publique, la version « con dicitura antimafia » est parfois exigée : elle n'a d'intérêt que pour les marchés publics. | Camera di commercio — Registro delle Imprese, système InfoCamere | 3 months Required | Official website |
| Partita IVA e codice fiscale ; certificato di attribuzione della partita IVAVAT number and tax code, with certificate of attribution Vérifier la partita IVA dans le service de contrôle de l'Agenzia delle Entrate et dans VIES. Demander aussi le codice destinatario ou l'adresse PEC utilisés pour la facturation électronique, obligatoire en Italie via le Sistema di Interscambio. | Agenzia delle Entrate | No expiry Required | Official website |
| DURF — Documento Unico di Regolarità Fiscale (certificato di sussistenza dei requisiti, art. 17-bis comma 5 D.Lgs. 241/1997)Single tax compliance document Le DURF est mis à disposition à partir du troisième jour ouvré de chaque mois et sa validité est de quatre mois à compter de la délivrance. Il atteste que l'entreprise remplit les conditions de régularité fiscale posées par l'article 17-bis, alinéa 5, du décret législatif n° 241 du 9 juillet 1997. | Agenzia delle Entrate | 4 months Required | Official website |
| DURC On Line — Documento Unico di Regolarità ContributivaSingle social contribution compliance document Depuis l'entrée en vigueur du décret ministériel du 30 janvier 2015, la vérification de régularité des cotisations se fait exclusivement en ligne et en temps réel : une seule requête interroge les bases INPS, INAIL et Casse Edili. Le DURC ainsi produit a une validité de cent vingt jours à compter de la demande. | INPS et INAIL (et Casse Edili pour le bâtiment), interrogation unique en ligne | 4 months Required | Official website |
| Polizza di assicurazione per la responsabilità civile professionaleProfessional indemnity insurance policy L'article 5 du décret du président de la République n° 137 du 7 août 2012 rend l'assurance de responsabilité civile professionnelle obligatoire pour tous les professionnels inscrits à un ordre, depuis le 15 août 2013, avec obligation d'en communiquer les termes au client. Un consulente del lavoro non assuré s'expose à une sanction disciplinaire. | Assureur ; contrôle par l'ordre professionnel d'inscription | 12 months Required | Official website |
| Iscrizione all'Albo dei Consulenti del Lavoro (ou albo dei dottori commercialisti ed esperti contabili / avvocati) et comunicazione all'Ispettorato territoriale del lavoroRegistration with the Order of Labour Consultants and notification to the local Labour Inspectorate Pièce décisive en Italie. L'article 1 de la loi n° 12 du 11 janvier 1979 réserve les formalités en matière de travail, de prévoyance et d'assistance sociale des salariés aux consulenti del lavoro, avocats, dottori commercialisti et esperti contabili inscrits à leur ordre, sous réserve d'une communication préalable à l'inspection territoriale du travail du ressort. Les centres de traitement de données (CED) peuvent réaliser matériellement les traitements mais doivent être dirigés ou assistés par un professionnel habilité : demander alors le nom, le numéro d'inscription et l'ordre du professionnel qui couvre l'activité. | Consiglio Nazionale dell'Ordine dei Consulenti del Lavoro ; Ispettorato Nazionale del Lavoro | No expiry Required | Official website |
| Documento d'identità e codice fiscale del legale rappresentante ; visura dei titolari effettiviLegal representative's ID and tax code; beneficial owners register extract Le registre italien des bénéficiaires effectifs est tenu par le Registre des entreprises ; son régime d'accès a connu plusieurs contentieux, l'extrait est donc plus sûrement obtenu auprès du candidat lui-même. | Camera di commercio — Registro dei titolari effettivi | 3 months Required | Official website |
| Registro dei trattamenti (art. 30 GDPR), nomina del Responsabile della protezione dei dati, atto di nomina a responsabile del trattamento (art. 28 GDPR)Records of processing, DPO appointment, processor agreement Aucune notification préalable au Garante depuis le RGPD. Les pièces attendues sont le registre des traitements, l'éventuelle désignation d'un RPD et l'acte de nomination du cabinet comme responsabile del trattamento pour le compte du client. | Garante per la protezione dei dati personali | No expiry Required | Official website |
The end-of-service allowance, trattamento di fine rapporto, has no French equivalent: it is an amount accrued throughout the employment relationship and paid to the employee on departure, whatever the reason for leaving. It must be provisioned from the first payroll run, and its destination, whether retained by the company, paid into a pension fund or into a fund managed by INPS, has to be settled at hiring.
Almost every Italian collective agreement also provides for a thirteenth monthly instalment, and some add a fourteenth. A salary budget expressed over twelve months is therefore, in almost every case, understated.
Two certificates, finally, are routinely confused by candidates: the DURF, covering tax compliance and issued by the Agenzia delle Entrate, and the DURC, covering contribution compliance and obtained online from INPS and INAIL.
Le contrôle italien décisif est le nom et le numéro d'inscription à l'ordre du professionnel qui couvre la prestation : une société de services de paie, même importante, ne peut pas s'en dispenser et doit désigner un consulente del lavoro ou un dottore commercialista de référence. Ne pas confondre DURF (régularité fiscale, Agenzia delle Entrate, valable quatre mois) et DURC (régularité des cotisations, INPS/INAIL, valable cent vingt jours) : certains candidats fournissent l'un pour l'autre. Enfin, une visura camerale ne suffit pas à prouver la capacité à exercer : elle décrit l'objet social déclaré, pas l'habilitation professionnelle.
The network opens 3 partner slots in Italy, not one more. No firm is listed there yet: all 3 slots therefore remain open to applications.
No listed partner in Italy has asked to appear in the public directory. The contact details of a firm are passed on to the client only when an assignment is awarded.
Filing an application does not amount to admission: every request is reviewed one by one. There is no minimum turnover requirement, and the partner selected invoices its fees directly.
Submit an application: we review your file, we check the documents required on the ground and we give you an answer, whether it is positive or not.
In Italy the decisive check concerns the individual, not the company. Selection turns on the name, registration number and professional body of the practitioner covering the engagement, whether consulente del lavoro, dottore commercialista, esperto contabile or avvocato, together with evidence of the notification made to the territorial labour inspectorate. Add the ordinary visura camerale, the DURF, the DURC and the professional liability certificate, which is compulsory for any registered professional. A visura describing a consulting purpose proves no entitlement to practise.
Describe your requirement. No firm is listed in Italy yet: we review the request, then entrust it to a local firm that the network identifies and vets, or to the partner of a neighbouring country covering this territory. Your contact details are passed on to the selected firm alone.
Request a provider in ItalyEach page takes up the data in this profile from a particular angle.
Mobility is rarely arranged one country at a time. The neighbouring profiles follow the same outline.
These countries account for most of the requests received: each one has, in addition to its profile, six pages devoted to a single aspect of local payroll.
The information gathered on this page comes from the registers, administrations and bodies listed below, consulted when the reference base was compiled. It is given for guidance and does not replace the advice of a professional established in Italy.