Economy & World
Italy’s 2027 budget cuts income tax for a year, pensions permanently
The EUR 26 billion package extends the 33% income tax rate to earnings up to EUR 55,000 and widens the flat tax for the self-employed, while weaker...
Income Tax
Economy & World
Italy’s lowest declared income, EUR 7,959, is on the Swiss border
Ministry of Economy figures for 2024 put Milan above EUR 40,000 and Calabria at EUR 18,474, but the bottom of the table is filled with villages...
Retirement
Italy wants everyone to retire at 64 and pay less tax on pensions: the government’s budget plan
Labor undersecretary Claudio Durigon has set out the two tracks of Italy’s next budget law: a universal exit at 64 and a cut in the average tax...
Taxes
Italy eyes a 2027 income tax cut: 22% bottom rate and a 33% band stretched to 60,000 euros
The last budget before Italy’s 2027 election puts tax relief at the center, from a lower bottom rate to a flat tax on the thirteenth-month salary.
Taxes
Capital Gains Tax 2026: Short-Term vs. Long-Term Rates Explained
The IRS taxes investment profits in two very different ways. Sell an asset after a year or less and the gain is taxed like your salary; hold it...
Economy & World
Is Social Security Taxable in 2026? How Your Benefits Are Taxed — and the New Senior Deduction
About 40% of retirees owe federal income tax on their Social Security benefits, and the income thresholds that decide it have not been adjusted for...
