# Running Italian Payroll from Abroad

> What an Italian employer of record takes off your hands when you employ a visa holder in Italy, where foreign employers slip, and the questions to ask.


<section> <span class="eyebrow"><a href="payroll-guide.html">Employment guide</a></span> <h1 id="running-italian-payroll-from-abroad">Running Italian payroll from abroad</h1> <p class="lede">With a sponsored employee, payroll mistakes are not only a cost: the salary paid must keep matching the salary declared for the permit. Here is what we handle and what you see.</p> </section> <section class="prose"> <div class="tbl"><table> <thead><tr><th>Area</th><th>What we do</th></tr></thead> <tbody> <tr><td>Permit</td><td>Nulla osta, stay contract, residence permit application and renewal tracking</td></tr> <tr><td>Onboarding</td><td>Contract under the right CCNL, hire notification, tax code, INPS and INAIL</td></tr> <tr><td>Monthly payroll</td><td>Gross-to-net, payslips, F24, UniEmens, LUL</td></tr> <tr><td>Year end</td><td>CU, annual returns, INAIL self-assessment</td></tr> <tr><td>Your side</td><td>One monthly invoice in EUR or USD with the payroll summary</td></tr> </tbody> </table></div> </section> <section class="prose"> <h2 id="where-foreign-employers-slip">Where foreign employers slip</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Salary below the declared level:</strong> a cut or an unpaid month can put the permit at risk.</li> <li><strong>Role changes in year one:</strong> a Blue Card change of employer needs prior approval in the first 12 months.</li> <li><strong>Forgotten accruals:</strong> 13th, 14th month and TFR not budgeted. We spread them monthly.</li> <li><strong>Permit expiry:</strong> renewal started late.</li> <li><strong>Late F24:</strong> penalties and interest from day one.</li> </ul> </section> <section class="prose"> <h2 id="questions-to-ask-any-provider">Questions to ask any provider</h2> <div class="tbl"><table> <thead><tr><th>Ask</th><th>Our answer</th></tr></thead> <tbody> <tr><td>Who sponsors the permit and is the legal employer?</td><td>We do, directly.</td></tr> <tr><td>What is in the price?</td><td>€250 per employee per month, plus the actual employment cost; €2,500 per visa case.</td></tr> <tr><td>Which currency?</td><td>EUR, or USD at the EUR reference rate, no FX spread.</td></tr> <tr><td>Where is data kept?</td><td>On servers in the EU, under the GDPR.</td></tr> <tr><td>Who answers the employee?</td><td>We do, in Italian and English.</td></tr> </tbody> </table></div> </section> <section class="prose"><h2 id="more-in-the-guide">More in the guide</h2><ul> <li><a href="italy-eor-vs-entity.html">EOR, entity or contractors?</a></li> <li><a href="italy-payroll-calendar.html">The payroll calendar</a></li> <li><a href="italy-salary-components.html">From RAL to net pay</a></li> <li><a href="italy-employment-contracts.html">Contracts, leave and termination</a></li> <li><a href="italy-payroll-outsourcing.html">Running payroll from abroad</a></li> </ul></section> <div class="cta"><a class="btn" href="contact.html">Get a quote</a></div>


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