Hello,
I'm considering moving to Italy from Malta with my family. I work as freelancer and can work remote, so no issues with a job.
However, all my Italian friends here tell me: "Don't set up your business in Italy, it's too much hassle, keep everything in Malta."
But my point of view is that, if you move somewhere, you do it properly and so set up everything there (taxes, social security etc.)
So, my general question is: how easy/hard is it to work as a self-employed person in Italy?
More specifically:
- tax rates: are they high/low? VAT: how much is it? (although 99% of my billing would be outside Italy, so I don't need to charge VAT)
- social security contributions: high/low? (people tell me you don't get much in return for social security contributions ... is it better to go private for health etc?)
- amount of red tape? bureaucracy?
- i will need to get the help of an accountant (for tax returns etc)? i saw in other posts they are called "commercialista"? how much should I budget for this?
- anything else I need to be aware of?
Thank you,
Nil