Promotion B: Aurora Treia-Atletico Azzurra Colli 1-1, Grottammare-Cluentina 0-1, Monticelli-Corridonia 1-1, Porto Sant'Elpidio-Casette Verdini 1-2, Sangiorgese-Cascinare 0-1, Settempeda-Montegiorgio 1-1, Trodica-Azurra Sbt 5-5, Vigor Montecosaro-Palmense 1-1. Verdicts. Promoted Trodica, Playoff (May 10): Palmense-Aurora Treia, Atletico Azzurra Colli-Casette Verdini. Playouts (May 10): Cascinare-Montegiorgio. Relegated: Sangiorgese and Cluentina. Premium Category. Group C: Casette D'Ete-Argignano 2-2, Castelraimondo-Real Elpidiense 1-1. Group D: Afc Fermo-Acquasanta 3-2, Comunanza-Pinturetta 0-2, Cuprense-Castel di Lama 2-0, Real Montalto-Inctus 3-1, Futura 96-Castoranese 0-2, Offida-Virtus Pagliare 10, Petritoli-Centobuchi 0-1, Piceno United-Pedaso Campofilone 2-1. All rights reserved.Terms of usePrivacy PolicyConditionsCookie PolicyBack to top The Local Europe ABVästmannagatan 43113 25 StockholmSweden Italy has offered a special seven-percent tax rate for pensioners who move to underpopulated towns in the centre or south of the country The idea is to persuade people to consider retirement in parts of the peninsula that have long faced depopulation following years of intense emigration from the south to the north of Italy or abroad Welcoming more retirees to central and southern regions is hoped to not only boost the local economy but also fund services and education in a bid to persuade more young people to stay If you're interested in taking advantage of the scheme As the scheme is aimed at attracting new tax residents it's open only to retirees who have been legally resident in a country other than Italy for the past five years That doesn't mean you can't apply if you previously lived in Italy more than five years ago but you can't be a recent Italian resident READ ALSO: How to plan ahead for retiring to Italy you must also draw your pension from outside Italy “It doesn’t matter whether you are a citizen of Italy or not, but you must receive a foreign-sourced pension,” says Italian tax expert Nicolò Bolla of Accounting Bolla you'll need to move from a country that has a tax agreement with Italy According to tax experts at Studio Legale Metta you'll need to qualify for Italian residency A major benefit of the scheme is that there's no income cap and it applies to all your foreign earnings such as rental income and dividends overseas - not just your pension This means huge savings considering that Italy’s personal income tax (Irpef) brackets range from 23 to 43 percent depending on your income you also won't have to pay regional and municipal income taxes which tend to add an extra two to three percent to your tax bill As the scheme is designed to benefit underpopulated towns in the centre-south, you'll have to move to a small town in Sicily, Calabria, Sardinia, Campania, Basilicata, Abruzzo, Molise or Puglia, or selected towns in Lazio The rule is that the town you move to must have no more than 20,000 inhabitants at the time you register as a resident (if the population grows later You must apply no later than the year after you become an Italian tax resident The scheme is time limited to the first nine tax years following the year in which you transfer your tax residency There's no official list of all the eligible towns, but you can consult the latest population data from national statistics office Istat to find out which towns you can choose from the list of places you could move to was extended to include some towns with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants in Lazio These were towns that had been affected by two major earthquakes in the Central Apennine mountains in 2009 and 2016 In late 2024, a government official said that only around 500 people had taken advantage of the scheme to move to the affected areas and that the foreign ministry planned to do more in the future to promote the initiative READ ALSO: How many people successfully apply for Italy's flat tax for pensioners? According to Il Resto del Carlino the following central Italian towns were included in the scheme as of December 2024: Please note that The Local is unable to advise on individual cases. Find more information about Italy's flat tax rate for retirees on the Italian Revenue Agency website (in Italian only) or speak to a qualified tax advisor Please log in here to leave a comment Eccellenza: Chiesanuova-Urbania, Fabriano cerreto-Sangiustese, Ksport Montecchio-Maceratese, Montefano-Matelicaq, Osimana-Atletico Mariner, PortualiDorica-Montegranaro, Tolentino-Urbino, Monturano rests Promotion. Group B: Atletico Azzurra Colli-Vigor Montecosaro 1-0 (Sabatini), Azzurra Sbt-Aurora Treia 0-2 (Wali, Arias), Casette Verdini-Trodica 2-1 (Latini, Gentilucci; Giovannini), Cluentina-Settempeda 3-1 (Trobbiani, Monserrat, Monserrat; Cappelletti), Corridonia-Sangioorgese 1-1 (Galdenzi; Biondi), Elpidiense Cascinare-Grottammare 1-3 (Foresi; Donzelli, Di Nicolò Di Nicolò), Montegiorgio-Porto Sant'Elpidio 1-1 (Ribichini; Trombetta), Palmense-Monticelli 2-0 (Matteo Nazziconi, Moretti) First Category. Group C: Real Elpidiense-Argignano 5-1, Casette D'Ete-Montemilone Pollenza 1-0. Group D: Piceno United-Real Montalto 0-1, Futura 96-Acquasanta 2-5, Offida-Invictus 1-2, Pinturetta-Castoranese 0-2, Centobuchi-Real Eagles Virtus Pagliare 0-0, Comunanza-PedasoCampofilone 1-2, Cuprense-Afc Fermo 4-1, Petritoli-Castel di Lama (today)