Updates
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Opening a VAT number (partita IVA) in Italy
First published on 23 July 2026, with the free opening verified on the Agenzia delle Entrate portal and the 2026 contribution rates from INPS references. The accountant's fee is given as an observed market range.
Nursery in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with Istat 2023-2024 data, INPS bonus amounts from circular no. 29/2026 and municipal and private fee estimates verified against the listed sources.
Claude Code
First published on 2026-07-23 with prices and limits checked against official Anthropic sources.
Cursor Pro
First published on 2026-07-23 with prices checked against official Cursor sources.
ChatGPT Plus
First published on 2026-07-23 with price checked against official OpenAI sources.
Nursery in Milan
First published on 2026-07-23 with 2025-2026 municipal fees and INPS bonus rules checked.
GitHub Copilot Pro
First published on 2026-07-23 with prices and credits checked against GitHub Docs.
Healthcare ticket in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with figures checked against the regional source listed.
Registering a trade mark in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Italian criminal-record certificate
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Current account in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with Banca d'Italia 2025 survey checked.
Google AI Pro
First published on 2026-07-23 with price and scope checked against official Google sources.
Apple Music in Italy
First published on 23 July 2026 with prices verified against Apple's official Italian Apple Music page.
Getting a cadastral search in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Public university fees in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with MUR 2023/2024 data checked.
Italian pending-charges certificate
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Apple TV in Italy
First published on 23 July 2026 with the price verified on Apple's official Italian page.
Italian residence permit
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Sworn translation in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with court and ministry sources checked.
Venice access fee
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Postepay Evolution
First published on 23 July 2026 with economic conditions verified on the official Postepay Evolution page.
Online ANPR registry certificate
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Registering a rental contract in Italy
First published on 23 July 2026, with the cedolare-secca exemption verified on the official Agenzia delle Entrate sheet and the ordinary-regime amounts taken from the registration- and stamp-tax rules for tenancies.
Schengen visa for Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Aruba Standard PEC
First published on 23 July 2026 with the list price verified on Aruba and VAT-inclusive amounts calculated at 22%.
Registering a loan-for-use agreement in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
The Italian digital stamp duty (marca da bollo)
First published on 23 July 2026, with the EUR 16 ordinary stamp duty verified on the Agenzia delle Entrate portal and traced to the tariff annexed to Presidential Decree 642/1972.
Filing a design or model in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Microsoft 365 Basic in Italy
First published on 23 July 2026 with price and scope verified on Microsoft Store Italy.
iCloud+ 50 GB in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Google One 100 GB in Italy
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Monthly ANM pass in Naples
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Monthly public transport pass in Rome
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Monthly public transport pass in Bologna
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Monthly public transport pass in Florence
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Monthly public transport pass in Turin
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Monthly ACTV pass in Venice
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Student public transport pass in Palermo
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Public transport ticket in Bologna
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Public transport ticket in Florence
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Public transport ticket in Milan
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Public transport ticket in Naples
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Public transport ticket in Palermo
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Public transport ticket in Rome
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Public transport ticket in Turin
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Venice vaporetto ticket
First published on 2026-07-23 with the price verified against the listed source.
Getting an Italian passport
Verified on 22 July 2026 against two independent provincial police headquarters and traced back to the Ministry of Economy decree of 23 September 2025. The EUR 116.20 total was confirmed and the payment method updated following the abolition of the postal order.
Running a car in Italy
First published on 22 July 2026 as a total added up item by item from sources verified the same day. Depreciation, parking and tolls were excluded from the total because no public, citable Italian source was found for them.
Getting an Italian category B driving licence
First published on 22 July 2026. State payments verified against the Italian transport ministry's page; the market side rests on Altroconsumo's October-November 2023 survey, with the age of the data stated openly.
Car insurance in Italy
First published on 22 July 2026 using the IVASS statistical communication of 14 July 2026 covering the first quarter. No individual provincial figure was published because the source releases the distribution rather than the full list.
Getting an Italian electronic ID card
Verified on 22 July 2026 against the Interior Ministry portal and two independent municipalities, Andria and Cagliari, to measure the local charges sitting above the state fee. Confirmed EUR 16.79 to the state, EUR 22.21-22.22 at the counter and EUR 27.37-27.38 for a replacement.
Subscribing to Netflix in Italy
First published on 22 July 2026 with the price list read from Netflix's Italian help page. EUR 6.99, EUR 13.99 and EUR 19.99 a month were confirmed, along with the extra member at EUR 3.99 or EUR 4.99, and an explicit twelve-month calculation was added, which the earlier version of this record did not carry.
Filling up with petrol in Italy
First published on 22 July 2026 using the regional and motorway average prices surveyed by the Italian Ministry of Enterprise that day. Review set at thirty days because the figure moves quickly.
Getting married in Italy
Published on 22 July 2026, comparing two successive editions of the Italian wedding industry report — the one covering weddings held in 2024 and the 2026 edition. Confidence was kept at limited because the reports' original pages were unreachable and because a national average cannot describe an event whose cost is proportional to the guest list.
An espresso at an Italian bar
Published on 22 July 2026 using provincial averages for August 2025 derived from the Italian ministry's price observatory, compared against the January 2025 reading. Seven geographic rows were added with explicit sourcing, and the Catanzaro value was removed because the source states it only as a threshold below one euro.
Keeping a dog in Italy
Published on 22 July 2026, comparing the 2024 Federconsumatori basket with the EMG Different sample survey for Facile.it of January 2026. The range was deliberately widened beyond both sources because they measure different quantities and because the animal's size alone moves the bill by more than seven hundred euros a year.
Installing solar panels in Italy
Published on 22 July 2026, with the deduction rates verified on the Italian Revenue Agency's own page and the National Energy Income parameters on the state energy body's site. The system price rests on a June 2026 commercial price list, declared as such, which is why confidence is not high. The next review is brought forward to December for the 2027 rate change.
Applying for an Italian passport at the post office
Verified on 22 July 2026 against Poste Italiane's published Polis tariff and an independent institutional source for home delivery. The EUR 14.20 charge was confirmed and the discrepancy between two Poste pages on the booklet fee was recorded.
Spotify Premium in Italy
First published on 22 July 2026 with all four plans read from Spotify's Italian page. The Duo plan at EUR 16.99, missing from the earlier record, was added, and the history of increases was reconstructed up to the September 2025 rise.
The Italian roadworthiness test
Verified on 22 July 2026 against the Italian transport ministry's page and the notice issued by the authorised testing garages' association. The EUR 79.02 amount was confirmed and the announced rise to EUR 88.20 was found not yet to be in force.