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Goal

Start a business or invest

Startup visa, self-employment or investor route: committee or quota, visa, permit, Partita IVA and bookkeeping.

About 270 days 24 steps

You end withA business or investor permit, an open Partita IVA or company, and your tax calendar set.

Information, not legal advice. MovItaly is not a law firm. Check with the questura or consulate before you act.

Step 5 of 24

Choose the legal form and tax regime

Who is this for

Founders and freelancers deciding how to structure the activity.

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Steps

  1. Choose between startup, self-employment and investor routes
  2. Check the self-employment quota for your year
  3. Check your company is an innovative startup
  4. Choose your investor visa category
  5. Choose the legal form and tax regime
  6. Prepare the business plan and application
  7. proof-of-funds
  8. Hire a lawyer and draft the statement of intent
  9. Get the activity attestation from the Camera di Commercio
  10. submit
  11. Wait for the committee or Questura decision
  12. receive-nulla-osta
  13. Apply for the self-employment visa
  14. Apply for the self-employment visa D
  15. visa
  16. arrival
  17. Set up in your first weeks
  18. permesso
  19. Complete the investment after arrival
  20. Register the company and startup status
  21. Open a partita IVA
  22. Keep your books and deadlines
  23. renew
  24. Something went wrong with my business set-up

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