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Register a company in Italy
Company incorporation, bank accounts, accounting services in Italy
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Company registration (S.r.l.)
Annual registered address
Notary services and company seal
Corporate bank account
Accounting services
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How you can register a company in Italy with us
Submit shareholder and director information to our firm with a signed power of attorney
Settle a payment for registration and banking assistance
Receive corporate documentation of the registered company and access to the corporate bank account of your company
Key details about Italy
Italy is located in Central Europe and has a territory of 301,238 square kilometers. Italy borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia and has access to the Mediterranean Sea and to the Atlantic Ocean, which allows it to establish maritime trade with Europe, Turkey, North and South American and African states.The capital city of Italy is Rome, the largest city and the location of key government institutions. Italy has a population of 60 Million people.
Corporate taxation, VAT taxation, Personal taxation
- Corporate income tax - 24%. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis. Advance income tax payments are made in 3 installments
- Dividend withholding tax - Standard tax rate 26%
- Interest withholding tax - Standard tax rate 26%
- Royalties withholding tax - Standard tax rate 30%
- Capital gains tax - Standard tax rate 24%
- VAT - Standard tax rate 22% or reduced rates from 0% up to 10% or tax exempt. Tax returns are filed on an annual basis
- Personal income tax - from 23% up to 43%.
The following are the most common types of companies to incorporate a company in Italy as:
- Limited liability company (Società a responsabilità limitata - S.r.l.)
- Simplified limited liability company (Società a responsabilità limitata semplificata - S.r.l.s)
- Public limited company (Società per azioni - S.p.A.)
- General partnership (Società in nome collettivo - S.n.c.)
- Limited partnership (Società in accomandita semplice - S.a.s.)
- Partnership limited by shares (Società in accomandita per azioni - S.a.p.a.)
- European company (Societas Europaea)
- Branch office (Filiale).
- Individuals or legal entities that are intending to register a company in Italy can be resident or non-resident in Italy.
- A resident or a non-resident individual can be a company director in Italy. It is not required to set up a company in Italy with a resident individual as one of its shareholders or directors.
- At least 1 shareholder is required in order to register a company in Italy if such company is incorporated as a S.r.l. (a limited liability company). An individual shareholder can simultaneously become a director of this company.
- It is not required to create substance (resident employees, office space) in Italy in order to establish a company in Italy or to conduct business in the country.
- Minimum share capital that is required in order to start a company in Italy as a S.r.l. (a limited liability company) is EUR 10,000. Minimum share capital that is required in order to start a company in Italy as a S.r.l.s. (a small limited liability company) is EUR 1.
- S.r.l. registration takes between 10 and 15 business days with the bank account taking up to 2 business days.
- Details of company founders, shareholders and directors after company registration in Italy is complete is publicly available in the state corporate register.
- With our service you can register a company in Italy remotely upon a power of attorney.
Official currency of Italy is euro (EUR).
Italy's GDP in 2018 amounted to USD 2073.9 billion.
Italy has a diversified economy whose part are a very developed industrial sector in Northern part of Italy with a large number of private enterprises and service sector in Southern part of the state. Main contributors to the Italian economy are the production of high-quality consumer products from small and medium enterprises, the majority of which are family businesses. Travel industry is also a significant part of Italy's GDP. The smallest part of Italian economy is agriculture.
Italy's GDP in 2018 amounted to USD 2073.9 billion.
Italy has a diversified economy whose part are a very developed industrial sector in Northern part of Italy with a large number of private enterprises and service sector in Southern part of the state. Main contributors to the Italian economy are the production of high-quality consumer products from small and medium enterprises, the majority of which are family businesses. Travel industry is also a significant part of Italy's GDP. The smallest part of Italian economy is agriculture.
Foreign entrepreneurs expand to Italy and seek to incorporate a company in Italy in order to conduct business in the following sectors:
- wholesale and retail trade
- textile industry
- fashion industry
- food industry
- restaurant business
- agriculture
- IT
- financial services
- pharmaceutical production
- automotive industry
- construction
- manufacturing
- tourism
- real estate services.
Benefits of registering a company in Italy
Business climate
- Close to major European markets
- Access to the Mediterranean Sea allows to establish maritime trade
- Open economy
- Highly-developed infrastructure
- Political stability
- Secure legal and justice systems
- Comprehensive protection of property rights
- Comprehensive personal security
- Investment protection
- Low inflation
Tax incentives
- Tax incentive for R&D
- Double tax treaties with several jurisdictions
Ease of doing business
- Minimum share capital requirement for the simplified limited liability companies (S.r.l.s) is EUR 1
- No foreign exchange controls
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