Property tax for non-residents

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

Usi civici – property rights

In some regions in the South of Italy, in particular Abruzzo, Basilicata and many parts of Lazio (in particular south of Rome which were areas of the Mussolini bonifico) there are still ancient property rights (“usi civici“) which affect the ownership of land parcels, which in some cases go back to pre-Roman times. These are

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