Agenzia delle Entrate

Agency of Revenue
Agenzia delle Entrate
Statutory agency overview
Formed1 January 2001 (1 January 2001)
JurisdictionItaly
HeadquartersRome, via Cristoforo Colombo n. 426 C/D - 00145
Ministers responsible
  • Treasurer
  • Assistant Treasurer
Statutory agency executive
  • Commissioner of Taxation
Websitewww.agenziaentrate.gov.it

The Agenzia delle Entrate, or the Italian Revenue Agency, is the Italian governmental agency that enforces the financial code of Italy and collects taxes and revenue.[1]

Operations and history

The agency provides several online services for Italian and non-Italian taxpayers.[2] Italy has several agreements with other tax authorities to prevent double taxation.[3]

As of June 2017, Ernesto Maria Ruffini is the Director General.[4][5]

Several central departments report to the head of the agency and are responsible for internal audits, personnel and legal issues, organizational matters, etc. The operational area is organized according to the Italian regions. There is a regional head office in each of 19 of the 20 regions, in the autonomous region of Trentino-Alto Adige there is a head office in Trento and Bolzano. The regional directorates are responsible for the tax offices and other branch offices. The agency had around 32,000 employees in 2020.[6]

Bilancio 2010 issue

Agenzia delle Entrate, in 2010, imposed a €10.6 million fine.[7]

Real estate functions

From 1 December 2012, the Italian Revenue Agency has incorporated the Real Estate and Land Registry Agency (Agenzia del Territorio), as provided for in Article 23 quarter of Decree-Law number 95 of 2012.[8] Cadastral data is provided by the office, with the Territorial Agency, to individual persons only to obtain the cadastral data of properties from a website.[9]

References

  1. ^ Official Website
  2. ^ "Online services". Agenzia delle Entrate. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. ^ "Agreements to avoid double taxation: forms (Convenzioni per evitare le doppie imposizioni)" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  4. ^ Uva, Valeria. "Mr Ruffini is the new face of Italy's tax revenue agency". ITALY EUROPE 24. Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Agenzia delle Entrate". Retrieved 4 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Budget economico 2020, Allegato b, relazione illustrativa" (in Italian). agenziaentrate.gov.it. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  7. ^ Agenzia delle Entrate - Bilancio di esercizio 2010
  8. ^ "Italian Revenue Agency". The Italian Revenue Agency. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  9. ^ "Cadastral services". IAR. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.