Italian Mortgage Service
IMS is a branch of Lifeinitaly.it
To Non-Italians
for buy , restore , refinance
residential properties , in Italy
ELECTIVE RESIDENCE - IN ITALY - RESIDENZA ELETTIVA
PERMIT OF STAY IN ITALY
LIFE IN ITALY , INCOME TAX , RECIPROCITY
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Non-Italians citizens or Italian that produce income and living outside the territory of the Italian Republic, asking for a mortgage in Italy, should be aware that they can achieve significant savings in fees, and also rates for their mortgage, much lower, if they purchase, build, or restructure, their home in Italy, taking advantage of the use of financial incentives and practices of a purchase as a Prima Casa (first home) : this an real estate classification in the law in Italy and only means that it is your first property purchased in Italy .
These benefits are:
1> best rates on the mortgage, an easier and faster procedure ,
2> the tax on the capital of the loan decrease from 2% to 0.25%
3> the tax on the value of the home purchased decrease from 9% to 2%
4> the VAT on restoration and construction costs decrease from 10% to 4%
5> be able to buy a car in Italy
Ugo can
- by proxy (1) - organize for you all the necessary procedure to submit
to the demographic offices of the Italian municipality the request of the
Elective Residence: find an apartment to rent (if you do not have a house of
property), open a current account with an Italian bank (once residency is
obtained, the account will be transformed from a foreign account into a resident
account, with considerable management savings), find the health policy required
by Italian legal regulations, fill in all the necessary forms - the whole
procedure, for EU citizens, who follow Ugo's deadlines, complete themselves in
20 working days –
(1) power of attorney (Proxy) is a written authorization to represent or act on another's behalf in private affairs, business, or some other legal matter. The person authorizing the other to act is the principal, grantor, or donor (of the power). The one authorized to act is the agent or, in some common law jurisdictions, the attorney-in-fact.
>> Opening an Italian Bank Account <<
IMPORTANT NOTE
the elective residence can also be taken in a building other than the one you want to buy or renovate,however it is good to remember that , the buyer has 18 months to transfer the residence to the first house purchased , or restored, if this does not happen, him lose the allowance and have to pay to the revenue agency: the difference between the transfer fees prima casa and seconda casa - a 30% tax on the sums paid
To achieve the facilities of the First Home , need you obtain the Elective Residence in Italy
The Elective residence does not allow to produce income in Italy, and
therefore not obliged to transfer its taxable activities and pay the tax
on them in Italy.
Elective Residence
Rules and Instructions by
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
>> VISA FOR ITALY <<
click on the above link
Scroll down to find your country
here click on < More Than 90 Days>
and select < Elective Residence >
Click on the following red lines , to have relative documents
some of this are .pdf files , to have Adobe reader , click > here <
( Elective Residence see page 38 point 13)
Italian agreements to avoid double taxation
NOT EU CITIZENS
You can start the process by the Italian Consulate or Embassy in
>> address of Italian World Consulates <<
Italian Residence Making Process No EU Citizens
How to fill the Postoffice Module
Application for Shenghen visa , here
EU CITIZENS
THE CITIZENS OF SWITZERLAND ,
NORWAY , ICELAND , LIECHTENSTEIN
ARE TREATAED AS THIRD EUROPEAN
Italian Residence Making Process For EU Citizens
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Profession exercised in accordance with the law 14-01-2013-nr.4