Once you live in Italy for most of the year, Italy generally treats you as a tax resident and taxes your worldwide income. That sounds daunting, but the system is more navigable than its reputation: national income tax in three brackets, small regional and town surcharges, social security through INPS, and some of Europe’s most generous regimes for people who move here to work or retire.

This page is our map of it. We start with the two essential reads, then group every guide by the question it answers, from the impatriati and 7% regimes to the partita IVA, the codice fiscale and your first Italian bank account. Readers from the United States will find their own section at the end. Everything here is general information to help you ask better questions, not tax advice; for your own situation, talk to a commercialista, and to an adviser at home if your country still taxes you.