Global Payroll Services in Italy

Already have an Italian entity, or running payroll across several CCNL sectors? We place you with a vetted Italian payroll partner who keeps IRPEF, INPS, INAIL, and Agenzia delle Entrate filings exactly right, sector by sector, while you stay the legal employer and we stay on your side.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners
  • Multi-sector ready

What running payroll in Italy involves

If you already employ people through your own Italian entity, you stay the legal employer, but you still have to run payroll correctly every month, matched to the right CCNL for each role. Agenzia delle Entrate and INPS run well-integrated systems, which means errors are visible and penalties are real. This is where a specialist payroll partner earns its place: you keep the employment relationship, they keep the mechanics right across sectors.

01

You stay the employer

You stay the legal employer of your Italian staff. The payroll partner runs the monthly mechanics; you keep the employment relationship.

02

Accurate every cycle

IRPEF, INPS, and INAIL calculated and withheld correctly, payslips issued, and filings made to Agenzia delle Entrate and INPS on schedule, every month.

03

Multi-sector consolidation

Run payroll across several markets under one partner and one process, rather than a different vendor and standard in every country.

How managed Italian payroll works, step by step

From onboarding your employee data to filing and reconciliation.

01 — Scope & onboard

We map your entity, headcount, and the CCNL sectors you employ in, place you with the right vetted Italian payroll partner, and onboard your employee data.

02 — Set up calculations

IRPEF, INPS, INAIL, and any CCNL-enhanced benefits configured correctly to each sector’s current pay tables, so every payslip is right from the first run.

03 — Run monthly payroll

Salaries calculated, IRPEF, INPS, and INAIL withheld, payslips issued, and people paid on schedule, every cycle.

04 — File & reconcile

Filings to Agenzia delle Entrate and INPS made on time, with the annual Certificazione Unica and reconciliation handled for you.

What payroll in Italy costs

Your statutory employer costs, plus a payroll partner fee. Italy’s employer burden is predictable but varies by sector and CCNL; the value of the partner is accuracy and time, in a system where mistakes are visible and penalised.

Tax, INPS & INAIL

Typically 27-33% of gross salary, driven by INPS pension, NASpI unemployment, and INAIL injury insurance, and varying by sector and CCNL. Getting the INAIL risk category wrong is a common misconfiguration; we set it correctly from the first payroll run.

Minimum wage (2026)

Set by CCNL, not by law: effective hourly floors commonly cited around EUR 7-9 (illustrative, not statutory), varying by sector and job level. Getting the wrong CCNL’s pay table is one of the most common Italian payroll mistakes; we configure the correct one from the first run.

Income tax (employee)

23% to EUR 28,000, 33% to EUR 50,000, 43% above, plus the employee’s own regional and municipal surtax band, correctly applied to every payslip and filed with Agenzia delle Entrate on schedule.

Payroll partner fee

A transparent per-employee or per-payslip fee. We benchmark across our vetted network, typically 15 to 25% below going direct.

Why run it through Bradford Jacobs

One partner, many countries

If you run payroll across several markets, we consolidate it through vetted partners under one point of contact, not a different vendor and a different standard in every country.

  • Independent advice
  • Vetted partners only
  • On your side at renewal

Pricing you can’t get direct

We benchmark across our payroll network for rates typically 15 to 25% below going direct, and renegotiate for you at renewal.

  • 15-25% below direct
  • Network benchmarking
  • Renegotiated for you

CCNL complexity that exposes risk

The sector-by-sector CCNL pay tables, the INPS/INAIL contribution bands, the regional and municipal tax surtax differences, the annual Certificazione Unica filings. We place you with partners who get the specifics right, and we stay on your side if anything needs escalating.

  • Direct escalation
  • No support queues
  • Named account contact

20+ years and the local detail

Two decades running compliant payroll across global markets, the deadlines, the filings, the year-end detail that exposes risk.

  • Two decades of payroll
  • Deadlines & filings
  • Year-end handled

Built to scale across markets

Run payroll in one country or twenty through one partner and one process. As you add markets, the standard does not fragment, you keep a single point of contact and consistent compliance everywhere.

  • One process everywhere
  • Single point of contact
  • Consistent compliance

The payroll slips Agenzia delle Entrate never misses

These are the ones that catch foreign employers, and the reason a specialist partner pays for itself.

Tax & deduction rates

Applying the wrong CCNL’s pay table or level. Misapplying the employer versus employee INPS/INAIL split. Missing statutory benefit or leave entitlements that vary by sector. Each is easy to get wrong alone and visible to Agenzia delle Entrate and INPS when you do.

Filings, deadlines & reporting

Late filing to Agenzia delle Entrate or INPS, where penalties and interest apply automatically. None of these are hard for a specialist; all are easy to get wrong alone. That is the whole case for getting your Italian payroll partner right.

What managed payroll covers

One transparent fee covers the full monthly payroll cycle. No hidden extras.

Tax, INPS & INAIL

Compliant Italian payroll processed monthly, with IRPEF, INPS, and INAIL correct every run.

Payroll & filings

Monthly payroll run, with IRPEF, INPS, and INAIL calculated, withheld, and filed correctly each month.

Statutory benefits

All statutory benefits administered: annual leave, sick pay, parental leave, notice and severance.

Compliance & support

Ongoing HR compliance and a single point of contact, for the life of the engagement.

Your questions answered

Straight answers on running compliant payroll in Italy.

Do I need an Italian entity to use payroll services?

Yes. Payroll outsourcing assumes you are the legal employer, which usually means you have an Italian entity. If you have no entity and do not want one yet, you need an EOR instead, where the partner is the legal employer. We will confirm which applies to you.

IRPEF calculation and remittance, employer and employee INPS and INAIL, statutory benefits and leave, payslips, and all filings to Agenzia delle Entrate and INPS, with the annual Certificazione Unica. You keep the employment relationship; they keep it compliant and on time.

The 2026 Budget Law cut the middle IRPEF bracket from 35% to 33% for income between EUR 28,001 and 50,000, with the benefit phased down for higher earners; the other bands (23% up to EUR 28,000, 43% above EUR 50,000) are unchanged. A good payroll partner applies the current bands from day one. If a provider quotes you 35% for that middle bracket, they are working from stale figures.

Predictable, and it varies by sector. Employer social contributions typically run 27-33% of gross salary (INPS pension, NASpI unemployment, and INAIL injury insurance, which varies by risk category). The employee’s own 9.19% IVS pension contribution (rising to 10.19% above EUR 56,224/year) is smaller and deducted from their own pay. Add the transparent payroll partner fee and you have your all-in cost.

Yes, and it is one of the main reasons companies come to us. One point of contact and a consistent process across markets, rather than a separate provider and a different standard in every country.

Yes. When you form your entity and become the legal employer, we move your people from the EOR arrangement onto your own compliant Italian payroll, and manage the handover so nothing is missed.

Need compliant payroll in Italy?

Tell us your entity setup and headcount and we will come back with the right partner and pricing you will not get direct, usually within a day. One process, every country you operate in.

Tax and labour data verified July 2026 (Agenzia delle Entrate, INPS, PwC). Figures change; we confirm the current position when we scope your payroll.