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Aug 18, 2015

Dear members,
nice to meet you all.
Here is my first topic/question on Proz.
I might get a chance to work for an Irish company as a freelance translator from home. The HR Coordinator clarified this type of position will be covered on a "self-empoyed contract" basis, not as an employee.
Since I am based in Italy shall I register for VAT and pay my taxes in Italy, as I would do with any other company in the country? Will I therefore have to produce invoices upon payments a... See more
Dear members,
nice to meet you all.
Here is my first topic/question on Proz.
I might get a chance to work for an Irish company as a freelance translator from home. The HR Coordinator clarified this type of position will be covered on a "self-empoyed contract" basis, not as an employee.
Since I am based in Italy shall I register for VAT and pay my taxes in Italy, as I would do with any other company in the country? Will I therefore have to produce invoices upon payments and send them to the Company?
Do you have any information or suggestions from personal experience?

Thank you. ▲ Collapse
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
Verenigd Koninkrijk
Local time: 10:25
Lid 2008
Italiaans naar Engels
You are correct Aug 18, 2015

Maria-Italian wrote:

Dear members,
nice to meet you all.
Here is my first topic/question on Proz.
I might get a chance to work for an Irish company as a freelance translator from home. The HR Coordinator clarified this type of position will be covered on a "self-empoyed contract" basis, not as an employee.
Since I am based in Italy shall I register for VAT and pay my taxes in Italy, as I would do with any other company in the country? Will I therefore have to produce invoices upon payments and send them to the Company?
Do you have any information or suggestions from personal experience?

Thank you.


Since you are resident in Italy for tax purposes, your assumption is correct: your Tax Authority is the Italian State, and your invoices to the Irish company should therefore be set out in Italian, in accordance with Italian tax regulations.

This is normal practice for all freelance translators.

It would be important that you do not ONLY or EXCLUSIVELY work for that one Irish company, as the Italian tax authorities might interpret this as a disguised form of "employment".

So by all means work for the Irish company, but also work for plenty of other companies too!



[Edited at 2015-08-18 19:04 GMT]
 
Maria-Italian
Maria-Italian
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Thank you Aug 18, 2015

Thank you!
 
Thayenga
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Duitsland
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Your country of residence Aug 19, 2015

Tom in London wrote:

Since you are resident in Italy for tax purposes, your assumption is correct: your Tax Authority is the Italian State, and your invoices to the Irish company should therefore be set out in Italian, in accordance with Italian tax regulations.

This is normal practice for all freelance translators.

It would be important that you do not ONLY or EXCLUSIVELY work for that one Irish company, as the Italian tax authorities might interpret this as a disguised form of "employment".

So by all means work for the Irish company, but also work for plenty of other companies too!



[Edited at 2015-08-18 19:04 GMT]


As Tom stated, your Tax Authority is located in the country of your residency.

If there are no Italian speaking/understanding employees with the Irish agency, then you can send them your invoice in English (else it would be useless to them), and forward an identical copy of it/them in Italian to your tax office.

In addition to a possible interpretation by the tax office that you might be a "disguised employee" with the Irish agency, it's always wise to work for more than one agency and/or end client.

Much success!
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
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Una precisazione Aug 19, 2015

Thayenga wrote:

can send them your invoice in English (else it would be useless to them), and forward an identical copy of it/them in Italian to your tax office.
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La fattura originale fa fede e deve per legge essere redatta in lingua italiana, eventualmente con allegata una traduzione in inglese per l'agenzia irlandese. Non occorre mandare una copia della fattura all'Agenzia delle Entrate - è sufficiente archiviarla con il resto della tua contabilità.

In bocca al lupo !
 
Thayenga
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D'accordo :) Aug 20, 2015

Tom in London wrote:

Thayenga wrote:

can send them your invoice in English (else it would be useless to them), and forward an identical copy of it/them in Italian to your tax office.


La fattura originale fa fede e deve per legge essere redatta in lingua italiana, eventualmente con allegata una traduzione in inglese per l'agenzia irlandese. Non occorre mandare una copia della fattura all'Agenzia delle Entrate - è sufficiente archiviarla con il resto della tua contabilità.

In bocca al lupo ! [/quote]

Me va bene il lupo.
 


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