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A court awards €1.5 million in damages to a robbery victim left disabled. The perpetrators are penniless. Result: the tax authority asks the victim for the registration tax on the judgment. Approximately €40,000.

The cover charge is not a tax: it's a legitimate price item only if clearly indicated on the menu before ordering. If it appears on the bill without prior notice, it can be contested because the advance cost information — an essential element of the contract — is missing.

If after the deed of sale hidden defects emerge — infiltrations, cracks, structural problems not visible during viewings — the law protects the buyer with an objective guarantee that doesn't require proving the seller's fault. Here's how to act, and how quickly.

Company phone for personal use, repeated coffee breaks, Facebook posts against the employer: the Supreme Court has established that many routine workplace behaviours can constitute grounds for dismissal. Here's what to watch out for.

The 2025 Budget Law extends to public administrations the mechanism of automatic preventive checks: if you have overdue tax debts and receive a payment above a certain threshold, the transfer may be suspended pending collection proceedings.

An employer cannot dismiss you because your sick leave absences reduced productivity. The Supreme Court has clarified that there is no poor performance when the cause is the employee's health. Until the protection period under the collective agreement is exhausted, the job is untouchable.

The fuel in your tank was extracted and refined weeks ago, at pre-crisis prices. Yet one bomb in the Middle East is enough to make prices jump at the pump by midnight. This is how speculation works — and why the government has no interest in stopping it.

Italian car registration tax (bollo auto) prescribes in 3 years. A demand for 2019 or 2020 tax that arrives today may already be time-barred.

Italy's new e-scooter rules make registration plates, third-party insurance and helmet use compulsory. Here's what changes, the deadlines and the fines.

The Italian severance fund (TFR) must be paid in full at the end of the employment relationship. Instalment payment without consent is unlawful — unless the employer is insolvent, in which case the INPS guarantee fund intervenes.

Dismissal for justified objective reasons requires that the role actually disappears. If the company hires someone else for the same job shortly afterwards, the dismissal is unlawful and the employee is entitled to reinstatement or compensation.

Tax demands (cartelle esattoriali) do not remain valid forever. Depending on the underlying tax, they can prescribe in as little as 3 years. Here's how to check before you pay.

Since 2025 Switzerland fines drivers for 'avoidable noise' — unnecessary revving, aggressive acceleration, engine braking in tunnels. A concept that does not exist in Italian law.

Since 2013 building managers must hold a specific qualification, undergo annual continuing education and carry professional indemnity insurance. Many still don't comply.

The landlord cannot withhold the deposit for nail holes or furniture marks. The Supreme Court and the Milan Tribunal confirm it. Here's how to get your money back.

Italy's Parliament has approved a 12-month prescription for chronic illnesses: one annual appointment instead of the monthly pilgrimage to the GP.

Common medicines in Italy — nasal sprays, decongestants, inhalers — can be classified as narcotics in Japan. Without prior authorisation from the Japanese Ministry of Health, you risk seizure and even arrest.

Italy's Supreme Court has drawn a clear line: what matters is not how much you earn, but how regularly you sell. And from 2024 platforms are legally required to report you to the Revenue Agency.

Italy's 2025 Budget Law turns INPS into a continuous monitoring system for Law 104 disability permits. But the Supreme Court clarifies: caring for someone does not mean being glued to them 24/7.

Italy's 2025 Budget Law makes it compulsory to link electronic tills and POS terminals. Fines up to €4,000 and licence suspension await non-compliant merchants.