16th June and 16th December each year are the deadlines fixed for payment of the local Municipal Property Tax (IMU) which was introduced in Italy in 2011. These are key dates which non residents buying property in Italy should be aware of. IMU is payable in relation to immoveable property or agricultural land. Owners who
This article is an update to the post published on our website back in 2017, shortly after the coming into force of Legge Cirinnà – Law no. 76/2016. With this law the possibililty for unmarried couples to form a cohabitation agreement was first introduced into the Italian legal system. The rules apply to unmarried couples
The most recent case to be decided by the European Court of Justice in relation to the EU Succession Regulation no. 650/2012, in a request for a preliminary ruling, concerned the estate of a deceased resident in Germany and the renunciation of inheritance by a Polish heir who was a minor. The Polish heir’s lawyer
