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Free online VAT number check in Italy. Local name for VAT number in Italy is Partita IVA. Process of VAT number registration is maintained by the Ministry of Finance and the local tax offices. Standard VAT rate is 22% and reduced one is only 4%, 10%. Value Added Tax recovery time in Italy is 18 months.
IVA (VAT tax) in Italy. How to get the IVA (the state VAT, or Italian sales tax) on your souvenir purchases refunded. Look for the Tax Free Shopping for Tourists sign in stores and the process of getting the IVA (VAT tax) refunded will be much simpler and smoother. OK, first the bad news. The IVA (VAT) national sales tax in Italy is 20%. One tiny bit of good news for math-haters: Unlike in America, where sales tax is (mostly) a state-by-state phenomenon that gets added on at the cash register, in Italy sales tax is national, standardized, and already included in the price tag.