They defend weight and role in the automotive sector. And they demand simplification and rules consistent with the evolution of rental mobility in the country. The long and short-term rental sector, with companies united in Aniasa (Confindustria), is projecting purchases of about 18 billion euros in 2026, a tax revenue exceeding 3 billion euros, including VAT, local taxes, and stamp duties, of which about 800 million come from payment of the vehicle tax and the Provincial Transcription Tax (Ipt).
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The reaction of the companies was triggered by the Government’s intervention which, with the Fiscal Decree, introduced an amendment that specifically affects the provincial tax. The new rule establishes that rental companies must pay the Ipt to the territorial entity where they carry out the “main ordinary management” of the activity. “We ask for a postponement of the entry into force of the rule and the start, in autumn, of a phase of modification of the text,” emphasizes Aniasa president Italo Folonari, “which can represent a change of pace on this matter, to avoid bureaucratic burdens on companies and increased litigation.” A single registration made in one province “can be challenged by every other province, this is absurd, because the rule as it is is not clear and, above all, is not able to understand the particularity of the rental sector,” adds Folonari.
The Ministry of Economy and Finance is currently preparing a circular with the necessary clarifications, but the issue remains central. The question is connected to the definition of the place where it is correct to register cars, which are then put on the market with rental contracts to private individuals and companies, and to the elimination of any distorting mechanisms or phenomena of “legislative dumping” that favor some territories over others. The mapping of taxes is, in fact, far from homogeneous: in 2025, 525,000 rental vehicles were registered in Italy, of which 92% are registered in 5 Provinces (Trento, Turin, Rome, Florence, Bolzano).
Trento and Bolzano together account for 37.2% of registrations, while Rome and Florence reach 34.2%, Turin alone is worth more than Rome. Jurisprudence, argues Aniasa, does not see evasive behaviors so much that, with about fifty rulings in five years, it mostly seems to side with companies and not with public administrations that have appealed in recent years. But the issue of a correct territorial distribution exists, the latest government intervention on the matter tried to solve the issue by introducing a controversial principle, as companies reiterate, exposed, says Aniasa, to a very high risk of litigation.
Therefore, the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s clarification circular is awaited while Aniasa says it is in favor of defining a system, based on a national platform, capable of enhancing fiscal federalism and principles of territoriality of tax collection, and hypothesizes a special regime for rental vehicles, with payment of amounts to a single recipient and manager of both data and payments. The distribution among local authorities could then be managed based on parameters identified directly by Regions and Provinces.
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