Social allowance

The benefit is of a welfare nature.

The economic benefit is not:

• reversible to the surviving family members;
• taxable;
• exportable;
• transferable;
• seizable;
• foreclosable.

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WHAT AM I ENTITLED TO?

The amount of the allowance for 2025 is Euro 538,69 for 13 months.
The claimant must have an annual income of less than EUR 7,002.97 if unmarried, raised to EUR 14,005.94 if married.

The following are entitled to the full Allowance (538.69 euro for 13 months):

• unmarried persons who do not have any income;
• married persons whose combined income is less than the total annual amount of the social Allowance (7.002,97 euro).

The following are entitled to a reduced Allowance:

• unmarried persons who have an income below the total annual amount of the social Allowance;
• married persons whose combined income is between the annual amount of the Allowance (7.002,97 euro) and twice the annual amount of the Allowance (14.005,94 euro).

The allowance is not subject to IRPEF deductions.

WITHDRAWAL OF BENEFIT

If the recipient is absent from the national territory, the social allowance is suspended if their stay abroad exceeds 29 consecutive days, with the suspension taking effect from the moment the individual leaves Italian territory. 

Should the suspension extend beyond one year, the benefit will be revoked.

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Entitlement to the benefit is ascertained on the basis of personal income for unmarried citizens and on the basis of the combined income of the spouse for married citizens.

The following incomes of the spouse and the claimant are taken into account for the attribution:

• income subject to IRPEF, net of taxation and contributions;
• tax-exempt income;
• income subject to withholding tax at source (winnings from lotteries, games of skill, competition prizes, paid by the State, public and private legal persons);
• income subject to substitute tax such as postal and bank interest, interest on CCTs and any other government bonds, interest, premiums and other income on bonds and similar securities issued by banks and joint stock companies, etc.;
• income from land and buildings;
• war pensions;
• annuities paid by INAIL;
• pensions received from foreign countries;
• cash welfare benefits of a continuing nature provided by the State or other public institutions;
• welfare benefits provided abroad or by foreign states;
• maintenance payments paid under the Italian Civil Code.

The following do not count for the purposes of the attribution:

• severance indemnity and advances on severance indemnity;
• the income of the residential house;
• arrears subject to separate taxation;
• welfare benefits provided by the state or other public institutions and foreign welfare benefits that are not of a continuing nature;
• the pension paid under the contributory system in accordance with Article 1, paragraph 6,  paid by public and private social security schemes and institutions managing compulsory forms of pension in an amount corresponding to:
  • 1/3 of the pension itself;
  • not more than 1/3 of the social allowance.

HOW CAN I CLAIM?

The claim to INPS must be submitted online using the dedicated service.

Further information can be found by typing ‘social allowance’ into the search bar on the Institute’s home page.

Alternatively, claims can be made by:

• Contact centre at 803 164 (free from Italian landlines) or +39 06 164 164 from mobile phones.
• Online services offered by patronage institutes and intermediaries thereof.

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The table (in Italian) (pdf 205KB) attached to the Regulation shows both the deadlines for defining the measures established by the Institute that are longer than the normal 30-day period, and the indication of the relative manager.

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