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Succession guides: clear, up to date, without jargon
Everything you need to know about succession, taxes and documents, explained simply by people who actually handle these cases. Plus free calculators: cadastral value and ravvedimento operoso.
Italian inheritance when you live abroad: the complete guide
Inherited a house or a bank account in Italy but living in Germany, Switzerland, the UK, the US, Argentina or elsewhere? What really changes, what you need, and how everything is done remotely, without travelling.
How much succession tax you pay
Allowances, rates and 2025 self-assessment: how taxes work, who pays them, and why for direct heirs they are often zero.
Succession: what it is and when it must be filed
A clear guide to understand the filing, who must do it, the deadlines, and the risks of not filing.
Italian tax code for an heir living abroad: how to get it
Without every heir's codice fiscale the declaration cannot be filed. Who already has one without knowing, how to request it at the consulate or in Italy by proxy, what you need.
The deceased lived abroad and owned assets in Italy: what to do
The declaration is filed in Italy even if the death occurred abroad: which office, which assets are taxed, what the EU Succession Regulation says and when a notary is needed.
Documents from abroad: apostille, translations and remote signatures
Foreign death certificate, foreign will, non-Italian ID documents: when an apostille, legalisation or sworn translation is needed, and how everything is signed without coming to Italy.
Paying Italian inheritance taxes from abroad, without an Italian bank account
Taxes are paid by direct debit from an Italian account. If you live abroad and don't have one, here are the three possible solutions, including payment through the firm as intermediary.
Pre-filled succession: is DIY worth it?
The free declaration on the Agency site really exists. When it makes sense and when it doesn't.
Documents for succession: the complete list
All typical documents and how to obtain them, case by case. Not all are always needed: it depends on your situation.
Primary-residence relief in succession: how it works
When fixed taxes apply instead of percentages, who can claim it, and what you need so you don't lose the benefit.
When you are NOT required to file a succession
The exemption provided by law: the three conditions that must all apply, and why a single property triggers the obligation.
Useful tools
Free calculators using the same coefficients and rates we apply in real cases. No sign-up, instant result.
Cadastral value calculator
How much is a house or plot of land worth for succession purposes? Enter the cadastral income from the land-registry record and get the value on which the mortgage and cadastral taxes are calculated.
Open the calculatorLate-filing penalty calculator (ravvedimento operoso)
Succession declaration more than 12 months after the death? See what the reduced penalty and statutory interest cost if you regularise now, at the rates currently in force.
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