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INPS, with memorandum No. 141 and 148/2011, explained the operating instructions for the online sending - with effect from January 1st, 2012, although it is provided for a transition period until January 31st, 2012 – of the requests of:
On December 4th, 2011 the Council of Ministers passed the decree so-called “Save Italy” whose main measures are:
The Minister of Labor, Elsa Fornero, signed the decree which allows the contributive reduction applicable to the part of variable salary paid in 2011 on the basis of second-level collective bargaining.
The Law Decree No. 201/2011 concerning urgent provisions for growth, equity and consolidation of public accounts (so-called “Monti Decree”), passed on December 4th, 2011 and in force starting from December 6th, 2011, contains also the pensions reform. Below, briefly, the main new provisions.
In order to hire a foreign employee it is not required the signature of the residence contract (“contratto di soggiorno”) anymore. The communication to the competent Authority (so called “Centro per l’Impiego”), or to INPS for domestic helpers and caregivers, will only guarantee the issuance and renewal of residence permit for non-European employees. The mentioned cancellation is provided for by the note of the Ministry of Labour No. 4773 of 28th November 2011.
INPS specified that the from December 1st, 2011 the following requests may be transmitted online only: (i) the employers’ request for medical control of sick employees; (ii) the sole substitutive declaration (so called “DSU”) for Ise/Isee purposes; (iii) the request for family benefits for farmers, husbandmen and sharecroppers
INPS, with memorandum No. 148 of 22nd November, 2011, communicated the new procedure for the submission of the requests in order to obtain the authorization for extraordinary redundancy fund (so called “CIGS”) and solidarity contracts, which, with effect from 1st January 2012, will be exclusively sent through the online procedure available on its website and accessible using a PIN.
The Presidency of the Council of Ministers, by decree, ordered that the advanced payment of the natural person’s income tax (so called “IRPEF”) due for 2011, to be paid by 30th November 2011, will be equal to 82% instead of 99%. Furthermore, the mentioned decree provides for the reduction of three percentage points also for IRPEF advanced payment for 2012, which will be therefore equal to 96%.
